Quotes About Influential

'Sandinista!' is a masterpiece.

I'm kind of the Forrest Gump of rock n' roll.

The Roots are well-respected and considered vanguards in the music.

I think often people know about Rasputin in Russian history - but know only a little bit. He's an interesting man, who in general I think meant well.

I know I always look like the evil one bossing the band around in 'Scrubs' - well, I'm the same in real life too.

All the great shows owe a lot to 'Hill Street Blues.'

There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.

Reddit, which calls itself 'The Front Page of the Internet,' is more influential in shaping Internet culture than its comparatively small reach would lead you to believe.

Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure.

I first visited the Toronto fest in 1979, its fourth edition, when it was known as the Festival of Festivals and had an audience of about 40,000. I happily returned to the 10-day skein nearly every year thereafter, as attendance swelled to 400,000 and it grew into the most influential film festival in North America, perhaps the world.

The Beatles were basically a vocal band.

I would say 'Bye Bye Love' is one of my favorite influential songs to this day, and ironically, they were so in sync with their harmonies that they sounded like one person. That approach to hearing and formulating harmonies stuck in my head, so when I joined the Eagles, my ear was trained to be able to hear a vocal that way.

We don't vogue, we are 'Vogue'.

Diane von Furstenberg is an extraordinary woman. She's modern. She's a mother, a grandmother, a leader.

Pre-poll surveys receive different reaction in the media among voters and political parties. For example, the more undecided voters are, the greater the role and effect of pre-poll surveys. Similarly, greater the decline of the party system, the more influential their role.

Texas did not long mourn John Kennedy. In a piece in The Nation magazine, an influential South Texan was reported to have remarked, "I don't hold with murder. But I can't say I'm not glad to see us rid of that bushy-haired bastard from Boston.

Fairly or not, Bush thought Rumsfeld an unreflective hawk who, along with a post-9/11 Dick Cheney, had formed the core of an influential hard-right element within the administration.

Given all of this, you'd think LeBon's work might have at some point stopped being influential. But it never did. I suppose one reason for his enduring success is that we tend to love nothing more than to declare other people insane.

there is no contemporary evidence even for the existence of Jesus Christ, arguably the most influential man in history. Most of our tales about his life were written in the decades after his death by people who had never met him.

My chief literary influences have been Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman. My favorite public figures include Jimmy Durante, Marlene Dietrich, Mary McLeod Bethune, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Henry Armstrong.

If it hadn't been for Paul Bearer, there would not have been a Kane. For that, I'm forever grateful.

Loretta Lynn was one of those ladies a long time ago that opened a lot of doors and paved the way for a lot of ballsy singer-songwriters who weren't just cute.

If you don't pay attention to me, I'm going to make you pay attention to me. I've always been that way.

Pep is an extraordinary coach.