Quotes About Influence

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

The pope dies, you get another pope.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.

When someone drew a picture of Pope John wearing an Avis 'We try harder' button, those words no longer meant which car rental to patronize, and yet some of the overtones from its original meaning are there and make a contribution to the new situation.

We can't just settle for the low bar of pope as media-savvy, canny Curia manager.

Find a poet whose style you like, emulate that style, then deal with things that you know about - don't waste your time looking for your own style.' I wish I could remember who told me that, because I'd like to congraulate him. I've emulated all the old guys - Tennyson, Alexander Pope.

When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.

E.C. Segar, who created 'Thimble Theatre' and 'Popeye,' is one of my favorite cartoonists.

What's weird is the Hot Boys and the whole New Orleans Cash Money thing had a really big impact on the Bay when that was popping off. I don't all the way understand it. I mean, I know that they were big everywhere and had a lot of commercial success in the mid to late '90s, but they were really, really felt in the Bay Area.

Everything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere.

My pops had me at the studio since I was born. That's why I got into music. He would let me go up on the controls and mess with stuff.

I want my son to look at me the way I looked at my pops. That's what I want from him.

As a kid, my pops did music, too. He was in a group called Lakeside back in the day.

I may not be top of the pops' anymore, but I seem to still be making a big impact.

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.

To me, being popular means I've got more friends. You've got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I've got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you've got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they're your friend.

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

My kids are now the most popular kids in their school.

My clothes are very popular in Japan.

Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.