Best 1875 quotes in «influence quotes» category

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his own creation.

I cannot accept concepts such as Gülenism or Gülenist. I was only a writer and an official preacher among people. I can have no direct influence on any person or activity. It is inconceivable that I can exert pressure on anybody.

I cannot change others, but I can influence others... we can't change people, but we can and we do influence people, and we do it every single day.

I can't imagine turning into one of those codgers who no longer reads fiction. I'm regularly stirred by it and suffer no anxiety of influence. Influence me! That was my credo then, as I was developing and learning, and remains so now, as I'm developing and learning.

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

I definitely am a huge lover of comedy, and it's only through doing so many comedies that I've realised how much of an influence they've been on me.

I could make a whole album with no one else involved at all. It would be a total, unadulterated expression of myself. Because whenever you have others playing on a project, their influence becomes a part of it.

I could not clearly distinguish what was passing in my head; it seemed to me that I was under the influence of a horrible dream and that I had but to awake to find myself cured; at times it seemed that my entire life had been a dream, ridiculous and childish, the falseness of which had just been disclosed.

I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts.

I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too.

I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives.

I definitely love music that's coming out now, there's some really exciting fresh artists coming through which is really cool. I guess it's from old and new, where my influences are based.

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.

I'd have to say Steven Gerrard has been the biggest influence in my career so far. I watched him when I was younger and then to go and play and train with him every day is massive for me, and still is now.

I'd like to do a pop album with an R and B influence. I definitely want to have those big ballads with the uptempo hits as well.

I'd love to do something with Kelly Clarkson because she's been a monumental influence on me. I love how she handles her celebrity. She's not in the tabloids a lot but everyone knows and respects her because she's got an amazing voice. That's something I aim towards.

I do not allow others to influence my thinking unless it is positive or uplifting.

I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.

I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really escape the influence.

I don't think I came out of anybody. I think I developed out of the influences I described in My Dark Places. American history, L.A. of the 1950s. I'm comfortable with that.

I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves.

I don't think that I'm over his influence but they probably don't look like Picassos; Picasso himself would probably have thrown up looking at my pictures.

I'd say the music influences the writing - the music and rhythm of the prose - much more than the writing influences the music.

If a German company takes over 51 percent of an Indian one, it is given far-reaching controlling rights. But if an Indian company owns the majority of a German company, it is granted only very limited influence. That is unfair.

If only I had the influence with my wife and children that I have in some other quarters!

If anything, hearing another poet is a sacred experience I enter, but I can honestly say this does not influence my own work.

If a woman decides she likes me, it would behoove her to take into consideration that my art has had a strong influence on the type of person I am.

If I had known I would influence so many guitarists, I would have practiced more.

If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time.

If the influence of luck is a delusion, then all I can say is that the delusion is virtually universal.

If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church

If there were any people who were my role models I would just say it was my family's influence and the family and the kids around me.

If there is anything of power in The Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.

If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.

If we pick recognition over influence we'll be known for all the wrong stuff.

If we're free from the burden of trying to be completely original, we can stop trying to make something out of nothing, and we can embrace influence instead of running from it.

If we spend most of our time concerned about things we cannot truly directly influence, what we can influence will be reduced. If we spend our energies on those things over which we can expect positive results, we will expand our influence.

If we were to normalize relations right now, we would remove one of the biggest pieces of leverage we have to try to influence and change Iranian behavior.

If you are uninterested in what I say, there's an end to it. If you like what I say, please try to understand which previous influences have made you like it. If you like some of the things I say, and dislike others, you could try to understand why. If you dislike all I say, why not try to find out what formed your attitude?

If you ask me now, I think every single writer whose work I've read has had some influence upon me, and I continue to be influenced, subtly, by everything I read, like a sponge. But then, what writers aren't? Being a literary sponge is one of the prerequisites for this insanity.

If you can influence the outcome, do the work. If you can't influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It's merely a distraction.

If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day.

If you can influence the leaders, either with or without their conscious cooperation, you automatically influence the group which they sway.

If you choose, you can influence every aspect of your brain, and therefore every aspect of your life.

If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in.

If you like what Wall Street did for the housing market, you'll love what Wall Street is doing for commodities. Goldman's ability to influence any portion of the price for a key component of the industrial economy is simply unacceptable.

If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a place now where filmmakers make films based on other films because that's where the stimuli and influence comes from.

If you're a marketer who doesn't know how to invent, design, influence, adapt, and ultimately discard products, then you're no longer a marketer. You're deadwood.