Quotes About Influence

Celui qui vous maîtrise tant n'a que deux yeux, n'a que deux mains, n'a qu'un corps, et n'a autre chose que ce qu'a le moindre homme du grand et infini nombre de nos villes, sinon que l'avantage que vous lui faites pour vous détruire.

They only seem tall because we're on our knees.

It is true that in the beginning men submit under constraint and by force; but those who come after them obey without regret and perform willingly what their predecessors had done because they had to. This is why men born under the yoke and then nourished and reared in slavery are content, without further effort, to live in their native circumstance, unaware of any other state or right, and considering as quite natural the condition into which they were born.

No se puede negar que la naturaleza no tenga en nosotros gran influencia como para llevarnos donde quiere y hacernos bien o mal nacidos; pero hay que confesar que tiene sobre nosotros menor poder que la costumbre, porque lo natural, por bueno que sea, se pierde si no es cuidado, y la educación nos hace siempre a su manera, como ésta sea, a pesar de la naturaleza" Página 26, Discurso sobre la servidumbre voluntaria

But if not one thing is yielded to them, if, without any violence they are simply not obeyed, they become naked and undone and as nothing, just as, when the root receives no nourishment, the branch withers and dies.

Pour ce coup, je ne voudrais sinon entendre comme il se peut faire que tant d'hommes, tant de bourgs, tant de villes, tant de nations endurent quelquefois un tyran seul, qui n'a puissance que celle qu'ils lui donnent ;

In vain does the disguised traveller inwardly rebel against the influences and impressions which are wearing away his real self. The impressions of the past lose more and more their hold on him until they fade away, leaving the traveller hopelessly struggling in the toils of his own fiction, and the rôle he had assumed soon becomes second nature with him.

But how many senators, representatives, and justices are on our currency, have monuments on the National Mall, have their names on towns, cities, counties, states, or figure prominently in Hollywood movies, television, or cable series? Congress and the Supreme Court can be in or out of session. The president is the Energizer Bunnyâ"¢ of the American government.

For many years, I believed Him to be a god. I was instrumental in spreading the belief myself.' 'You still believe it'. 'I know what I know. A god or not, His power renders Him indistinguishable from divinity'.

Let me not die unremembered

Poetry does important work and that work has a bearing on real life, but I've often been stymied by the question of how poems can effect material change in a world that is, generally, not especially interested in what poetry or poets have to say.

My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.

Decisions are made by those who show up

In that moment, Dan was reminded why he wanted to write in the first place. It was the same reason anybody does anything -- to impress women. (Jeremy Goodwin, Sports Night)

Rumors are as important as anything. Even if they're not true, they end up turning people into who they are.

She didn't need to be someone else. She needed to use her power to make the world a better place.

Because whether inspiration comes from an actual place or not doesn't matter if you don't choose to do something with it. And if you do choose to do something with it, the stories you create don't matter unless they make ripples in the world.

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.

My family background was deeply Christian.

Julius, You radicalized more young people than we ever could. You're the country's top Yippie.

Hand the secular Arab a glass of urine, and tell him that it is wine. He will not only pretend to enjoy it, he will enjoy it.

Arabic equals Sanskrit plus history, equals Greek minus tragedy