Quotes About Influence

Iran has always had a good relationship with Europe. The Middle East is Europe's neighbor, and we are a strong player in this region.

I've got a lot of good friends - the owner of the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets - both owners are friends of mine.

If there's some kind of rock star status, would I be irresponsible if I didn't somehow use it for a continued greater good? I'm always involved in some way with reaching the public.

The United States being in Asia is unambiguously a good thing for the region.

Much of what we see in America, what most people feel has been progress and good things, have been brought about by the existence of third parties.

We do good by ourselves, but we seldom do wrong alone.

Do you know that I am afraid that good people do a great deal of harm in this world? Certainly the greatest harm they do is that they make badness of such extraordinary importance.

The competitive nation-state system, with all its capacity for good and evil, is spreading in the Third World and is transforming that world.

I think people have a need to feel good about the country they live in, but what's happening, I think, is that that need - which is a good thing - is getting manipulated and exploited.

He is greatest who is most often in men's good thoughts.

To be a part of something like 'Tron,' good God! It doesn't matter how big or small your role is, you're like, 'Yeah, I was in 'Tron.''

There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me.

Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people.

People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.

The Buddha always emphased the important of good friends.

Behind every good woman lies a trail of men.

Show me who your friends are and I'll show you who you are. It works for me. Stay positive and good things happen.

My grandmother used to babysit us when I was younger, and would always play old-school music. It gets to me. Grandma had some good taste.

No leader can create sustainable, significant change without a reservoir of good will. Without that, you always tend to compromise with failure.

I don't know how a lot of these nations existed as long as they have till we could get some of our people around and show 'em how to be good and pure like us.

I want a lot of young people to see me in my working environment. I want them to see me being a good person while also running a business. I want young people to aspire to that.

A leader is bestWhen people barely know he existsOf a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will say, "We did this ourselves.

The true measure of all our actions is how long the good in them lasts.

I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.