Quotes About Influence

We will decide who comes to our country.

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.

Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.

The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia.

As players, you can't decide who manages the club.

And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money, then the person on the bench begins to think - what's going to happen if I decide the case this way or that way?

I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.

The ruling class is and will continue to be the class of decision makers.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.

What they're doing is, they're making the decisions for us. That's what this country is coming down to. They're going to make the decisions for us.

If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team.

I learned how important it is to lead and be decisive and to, in a way, empower other people to do their best.

One thing I take great pride in is that my case was the one that started the decline of the Mafia.

Sometimes you can't really control the language around you. All you can do is follow your voice and your path - dedicate yourself to stories that matter.

In great deeds something abides.

I don't get too political in my music, because some people tend to get bored with the message: I say what's necessary and leave it at that. The books of Malcolm X go deeper than any song. But entertainers can be educators. Music touches the soul. Knowledge touches the mind. When you combine the two, you capture the whole.

My default is e-40 because there's no one else in the world who raps like him. I've always loved e-40.

Even if you're not a fan of the Beatles you just know their songs by default. I had probably got bored of the Beatles by the time I was like 15 because I thought I had heard enough.

You can look at every game, some where I've been a defensive player and others where I've had an impact.

Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.

Your goal as a candidate - define others before they can define you.

My parents, man, they're just the most loving, encouraging... They're like those people who define themselves through their role as parents before people in their own rights.

I think in some ways we have allowed other people to set the agenda. Other people to define who we are.