Influence Quotes

I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.

Another cause for the increase in alienation and cynicism is a feeling that too many policy decisions that affect individuals have been taken out of any system that has accountability or that they can influence.

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

I don't know how much influence we really had, because we never put our pictures on the albums or anything and we never really promoted the Talking Heads connection, because we wanted to keep it separate from Talking Heads.

Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input.

The overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with China's international status. The international culture of the West is strong while we are weak.

You don't have to be a "person of influence" to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'

Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on foreign policy. And I've been relatively - presumptuous to say - relatively successful legislatively in the Senate, being able to win a lot of Republican friends, and being able to cross the aisle.

It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers.

My personal influence in the Revolutionary Governing Council is such that the dictatorship of the proletariat is firmly established, since the masses are backing me.

We believed that growth through Local Government, and perhaps through some special machinery for bringing the wishes and influence of women of all classes to bear on Parliament, other than the Parliamentary vote, was the real line of progress.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies of animal psychology.

When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats.

My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news picks up its cues from the Times. And local papers do too. It has a huge influence. And we'd love to challenge it.

My mother is from Paris, so she was quite a fashion plate. I always had that French influence at home.

Now that I'm a political pundit, I have the ability to influence people.

So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries.

I don't see myself as being as big of an influence as other people seem to think.

If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.