Quotes About Influence

The media has the power to create an entrenched perception of reality that's incorrect.

I'm scared of people with power making the decision.

I was not going to surrender to the status quo and corporate insistence that ordinary people have no power and influence.

He soon recognized the fact that the stimulus proceeded from the idea to be in the power of a woman rather than from the act of violence itself.

This is politics. People in power never have to play by the same rules.

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

It's the most ambitious power grab I've ever witnessed.

Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.

My interest is in power. How power works.

The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We have the Internet.

The only power that the critical voice has is the power that you give it.

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role.

The United States has been a global power since late in the 19th century.

For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.

Using a certain sort of message can attract people to that message, and that creates power that you can either use responsibly or not.

Does not the possibility or the power to do something about the situation at hand confer on one the responsibility to do it?

I got, like, Diane Keaton's manager, and she was very connected; she had power. And she was like, "Your star is in tears on this comedy. Do you even notice that at all?"

Knowledge is power as well as fame.

When you can answer questions about what you think and when you can explain why you think what you think, that's power, it's comforting power.

I'd want to have the power of mind control. If I had that one skill you'd always see at the bank loading up bags full of cash.

Through social media, we can start a global conversation. This creates an army of advocates - the power really is in the hands of the viewers.

The engineer's power was usually limited to a refusal to endorse a given plan, or to the tender of his resignation.

Maybe Iraq will come back and become the dominant power among Arab countries. That seems to me as conceivable.