Quotes About Influence

he felt that they ruled him, even when they were far away and not thinking of him, ruled him by conditioning him in his relations to his own people. The

How constantly and overwhelmingly the advertisements, radios, newspapers and movies play upon us! But in thinking of them remember that to many they are tokens of mockery.

Contrite words cannot now stop profound processes which white men set in motion on this earth some four hundred years ago; four hundred years is a long time…time enough for habits, reactions, to be converted into culture, tradition, into a raison d'être for millions….

There's Miss Dupree!" As Parker joined Ashley at the window, the girl bounced eagerly on her tiptoes, using his arm for leverage. "Oh my God--it looks like our whole class is really here." Parker scowled. "She probably bribed them. She probably told them she'd give them A's on all their projects if they came and walked through ours.

Polls could be self-fulfilling prophecies, shaping reality as much as they described it.

Names have power.

Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.

I excel at pulling strings!" said Arachne. "I'm a spider!

Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.

Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.

Love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest and bravest acts are done for love.

Don't you ever feel that way? Like you could do a better job if you rqan the world?' 'Um... no. Me running the world would be kind of a nightmare.

THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD!!!!

Hermes played a little Mozart and some One Direction, and Apollo cried, 'I must have it! The girls will go wild for that!

Normally, as long as I'm telling him what to do, he wins in a fight.

As for her charmspeak, she'd gotten so powerful it made Leo nervous. If she told him to eat his vegetables, he might actually do it.

Gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history.

If somebody offers you Hapi pills, just say no!

After his experience with Minos, Nico realized that most spectres held only as much power as you allowed them to have. They pried into your mind, using fear or anger or longing to influence you. Nico had learned to shield himself. Sometimes he could even turn the tables and bend ghosts to his will.

It's hard to look in charge when you're hunched over like Quasimodo.

I saw my problem immediately. I should never have introduced Alex to Percy Jackson. She had learned way too much from his relentless training methods. Maybe Alex couldn't summon sea animals, but she could turn into them. That was just as bad.

Never underestimate the power of thousands of human minds all believing the same thing. They can remake reality. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not. - Apollo

Stupid, Fai Zhang! she would probably scold. If all your friends were drinking poison, would you do it too? Frank went last. The taste of the green liquid

You see gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history rather than simply read it.