Quotes About Influence

The situation of a man in the midst of a crowd, yet as completely in the power of another, life and all, as if they two were in the deepest solitude.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

The shift in national power may be overshadowed by an even more fundamental shift in the nature of power. Enabled by communications technologies, power will shift toward multifaceted and amorphous networks that will form to influence state and global actions. Those countries with some of the strongest fundamentals—GDP, population size, etc.—will not be able to punch their weight unless they also learn to operate in networks and coalitions in a multipolar world.

To some degree...he has the same effect on people. People naturally flock to him. It's like he's giving off a light that I don't have. It's so bright I feel like I'll be extinguished.

In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water.

The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.

Never underestimate your ability to affect the trajectory of another human life, especially at their lowest moment.

We cannot improve the world if we are conformed to the world.

If we knew how often the obedience of others is affected by our own, and how often our stepping forth soon brings forth a whole platton of helpers, and how often our speaking forth soon creates a chorus - we would be even more ashamed of our slackess and our silence.

For the past 15 years or so, British governments have tried to persuade the rest of us that the best judges of the national interest are ... businessmen. This may be a ridiculous statement, but--ominously--fewer and fewer people laugh at it.

The greater the power and extent of the state, the more room there is for corruption.

technology is merely a tool and any blame always rests squarely on the one wielding that tool. Saul

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

Consider this: Every day in America more people get their evening news from Entertainment Tonight, an insipid syndicated television show covering celebrity news, than from CBS, NBC, and ABC combined.

Renunciar significa declarar que no quieres tener nada más que ver con esta influencia en tu vida; se acabó. No quieres más mentiras, no más promesas vacías. Es verse a sí mismo independientemente de la forma en que uno vive. Los espíritus malignos buscan hacer un hogar en áreas de nuestras vidas que no hemos entregado por completo a la verdad. Renunciar implica asumir la responsabilidad de nuestra vida.

The sad truth about humanity...is that people believe what they're told. Maybe not the first time, but by the hundredth time, the craziest of ideas just becomes a given.

You are more than a number, a like or a vote. You are a voice. You are part of an authentic collective that is heard, honored and amplified to artists, their representation, managers, investors and record label,

Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.

Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...you give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore.

Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.

Marcel Proust wrote that "what we call our future is the shadow that our past projects in front of us.

things get worked through…or work themselves through, we probably don't have all that much to do with it. we like to think we do, though, right?

Whatever is left behind in the passing of a rare talent, so much is always lost.

Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves.