Quotes About Influence

No, war is never about killing the enemy. War is about remaking the world to suit the whims of some powerful group over the whims of some other powerful group. The dead are just the sparks that fly from the metal as they grind it down.

Do you know why soldiers march in unison? Or why they are compelled to chant in groups? It's a form of hypnosis, it overrides the brain's critical thinking centers. It's the same reason we make schoolchildren shout the Pledge of Allegiance every morning.

For the Arab, the past does not merely live. The past defines the present.

Perhaps Ali's most significant talent with the ability to transport people past thoughts and words to a world of feeling and play.

The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.

There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.

What were you to do when you didn't know anyone who could help you, no one who could explain the way to the things you wanted- what could you do- you couldn't just take a spade, a few bricks, and a gerenium and see what happened. You had to be rich, you had to be educated; you had to be powerful to stop conyagious ugliness from spreading.

The moments you are given are your true wealth. You don't need power, influence, or fame. The sunlight brings the power; the wind carries the influence. And as for fame, well, when you allow yourself to notice all those hands that have made your growth possible, you will also recognize what you have made possible for countless others — and how famous you already are. In this very moment, one of those others may be telling a story about how you helped them grow forward.

but I had to find out if the desire to be a leader was stronger than his habit of being a boss.

Never think that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens cannot change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

reality is not fixed, but fluid, and hence possibly open to influence" (McTaggart, 2007).

If one man or woman is willing to obey God, it can change the destiny of millions.

You Don't Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Money Flows

The US exports democracy, hence there being very little left for Americans

The Establishment Won't Be Satisfied Until They Have Turned Us All Into Plato's Cavemen

Don't Go With The Flow. The Powers That Be Turn The Taps

Don't Let The Medium Massage The Message

The mother tongue of politicians is that of ancient Babylon: a language designed to severely limit discourse within a tower of praise to elitism, a language carried on breath's reeking of the fecal matter from their paymasters

power happily walks hand in hand with abuse

We only set the clocks back and forth in the arrogant belief we have some influence with almighty Time.

It is more acceptable to talk about the evils of cults than it is to talk about the evils of culture

With Great Power Comes Great Psychopathy

Dynamite is loyal to the one who lights the fuse.

That was the trouble with explaining with words. If you explained with gunpowder, people listened.