Best 1875 quotes in «influence quotes» category

History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.

Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.

Hopefully women can work with [Ivanka Trump ] to influence up the chain of command. I think it's good for us, for women. It's a glimmer of hope.

Hormones influencing the sensitivity of the person to environmental stimuli.

Howard's unbelievably nutty, politically incorrect style is probably the single biggest influence on me.

Human experience depends on everything that can influence states of the human brain, ranging from changes in our genome to changes in the global economy.

Iago is the dominant trance state of our planet. It influences our relationships, our sexuality, our parenting, and our attempts to relax. It permeates corporate business, international politics, and our economic system.

I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon the most, and Edward Hopper.

I am a feminist. And I'm so glad that Lena Dunham exists, because she is one too, and she's quite vocal about it. Yes, women have more freedom and more influence than ever, but it's hardly equal. It's just not.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.

I am easily influenced. Compared with me a weather vane is Gibraltar.

I am deeply convinced that no interference from the outside, in any country, even a small one, let alone in such a vast and great power as the United States, can influence the final outcome of the elections. It is not possible. Ever.

I am intrigued with scriptural mythology that tells us that God created a divine feminine presence to dwell amongst humanity. This concept has had a constant influence on the work. I have imagined her as ubiquitous, watchful, and often in motion. This work is, in effect, the photographic image of the invisible.

I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil.

I am passionate about God, about Jesus, and what His influences do to me.

I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.

I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths.

I believe the public schools are the greatest cultural influence in this country.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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