Quotes About Influence

I think that power comes in numbers, and we're in an industry where the actors need to have a bigger voice.

Television has tremendous power over our lives.

My father was a Little League dictator. That really affected me, his control-freakery, his impunity, his arbitrary unreasonable power.

No power was total, no power permanent, no power absolute.

Power is neither good nor evil.

She leaned into my shoulder. "Maybe you don't have to be a Caster to have power." I pushed her hair behind her ear. "Maybe you just have to fall for one.

You have the power to let power go

Could words and symbols wield such power? Could mere scribblings on parchment unmake a person's moral fiber? Weren't we made of sterner stuff?

One of the best signs of being fitted for power is reluctance to hold it.

Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power.

People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.

If a man thinks you're beautiful or thinks you're strong or thinks you're smart, take the power and use it, but don't need it.

An actor has power, and their power is very simple: it's the power to say no.

The Iranians are very skilled terrorist, and we'd have to expect that they'd hit at us as hard as they could. Especially in Iraq, where they have a great deal of power and influence.

Saying "no" has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined.

Democrats are awfully sensitive to losing power for a few years. I report, you decide.

It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.

Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.

What a horrifying notion," he said. "A creature with the power to take over one's mind.

Blaming something else makes that something else cause; and as that cause takes on power, the individual in the same act loses control and becomes effect.

In a democracy, power is not permanent.

Even if you feel all right, tell the actors you don't have full power, and they will help you.

Power calls to those who are hungry for power, and there are hungry idiots everywhere.

When a quiet introvert talks, heads turn, and that's power.