Quotes About Influence

Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. Think of it: perhaps the more insane a man is, the more powerful he could become. Hitler an example. Fair makes the old brain reel, doesn't it? Food for thought there.

Tata zicea ca, daca nu iei seama, oamenii te silesc, intr-un fel sau altul, sa faci ce socotesc ei ca trebuie sa faci, ori sa te indaratnicesti ca un catar si sa faci toate pe dos, in ciuda lor.

I've seen a thousand of 'em, old and young, men and women. Seen 'em all over the country and in the homes—people who try to make you weak so they can get you to toe the line, to follow their rules, to live like they want you to. And the best way to do this, to get you to knuckle under, is to weaken you by gettin' you where it hurts the worst.

but mostly, I guess, I want to really mean something to somebody

Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. Think of it: perhaps the more insane a man is, the more powerful he could become.

We have weeks, or months, or even years if need be. Keep in mind that Mr. McMurphy is committed. The length of time he spends in this hospital is entirely up to us. Now, if there is nothing else…

No. No, listen. They don't bust you that way; they work on you ways you can't fight! They put things in! They install things. They start as quick as they see you're gonna be big and go to working and installing their filthy machinery when you're little, and keep on and on and on till you're fixed!

We are the culture. All those people that are doing those dumb TV things and promoting hate…that's the 'counter'culture.

Esa especie de paracaidista que contempla el mundo desde fuera está hundido hasta el cuello en contextos y sustratos que determinan el alcance de su visión!

Until our bodies are made new, like the body Jesus now enjoys, our calling is not to escape fleshly existence, nor to sanctify culture (since it is common, shared by believer and unbeliever, and cannot be made holy), but to so influence our culture as to make it more consistent with the created nature of man, and to sanctify our own lives, because we are also living in the Spirit , with our minds set on things that are above.

Jesus was raised by an extraordinary mother who must have had enormous influence on his attitudes toward women.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it.

People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.

Your power to choose your direction of your life allows you to reinvent yourself, to change your future, and to powerfully influence the rest of creation.

When one reaches absolute power, one loses total contact with reality.

Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

Size is no guarantee of power.

Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice.

Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.

Power people are generally threatened by authority people.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.