Quotes About Influence

All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost.

I've been singing in church since I was little; my grandmother is a pastor.

I was John Lewis's pastor, but he was my mentor.

My father was a religious leader in the community, and my sister is a pastor.

My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his own agenda - and my grandfather lost interest in the church after that. That was when I had the option to not go. 'Grandpa ain't going; I'm gonna stay with Grandpa.'

I feel like the D.C. streets just love Gucci Mane. He's like a hood pastor.

During my school days, I was the darling of the pastor in my church.

I listened to gospel music because that was just our culture, you know? My parents are pastors.

I'm a product of Pat Riley and his culture.

I'm not the one to pat myself on the back or even need somebody else to give me credit, but I listen to a lot of Hip Hop now and I hear the Too $hort influence.

Pat Metheny's my hero, man. I've got so much from Metheny's music.

There have been people who said I was a Pat Riley clone. But I don't think that's true. While I did learn a lot from him, I could never be him. I mean, we even dress so differently.

My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.

I had a grandmother who was really strong, who doted on me, who wanted to make sure that I didn't go off the beaten path, although I did.

There's a lot of people that will take the path of least resistance not to do something if a leader that they look up to isn't doing, or isn't advocating for it.

I could have gone down a very different path, but my parents would not let me give up football.

I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need direction. If I didn't have that direction growing up, who knows what I could be doing, because I've been lost many times in my life, and I've had to have someone guide me back on the right path.

I have come to an odd belief, which is that we don't make decisions so much as the decisions make us. The goal of a decision isn't just to find the path forward, but to become someone entirely different than who we might have been as a function of the path we take.

The thing is that Chuck Schumer, for all his power and influence, is a pretty pathetic figure. You go around New York State, and people make jokes about him and talk about how he shows up at the New York State Fair and has a staffer carrying a big sign saying 'Come meet Chuck Schumer.'

I guess its the same with all children really, they have this sort of pathetic longing to be like their parents were.

Watching my dad go through all of the different career paths in the entertainment industry that he has, has absolutely influenced me.

Voila, we're all molded by our personal paths, which forge our sensibilities.

When you get a bit older, life can start kicking and it was mainly the area I grew up in that began to lead me astray. I went down the wrong paths to some degree.

My Mum was the main reason why I became a chef. She influenced all of my family to feel free in the kitchen - it was the centre of our home and I have wonderful memories of helping Mum cook and experiencing the love and patience that went into the food.