Best 1875 quotes in «influence quotes» category

No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.

No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism.

No influence so quickly converts a radical into a reactionary as does his election to power.

No individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That's one of the positive features of markets. That's why they function.

No human influenced me to become vegan. The screaming, terrified, enslaved animals were the only influence needed.

No one should have extra influence on an organisation. We should always regard ourselves as equals in the organisation, and we should be concerned about each other's problems.

'No' puts distance between you and the wrong influence.

No one can escape the influence of a prevailing ideology.

No one is in a more strategic position than you are to influence the people you are with.

No, Sir, you will have much more influence by giving or lending money where it is wanted, than by hospitality.

No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example.

Nothing has existence unless you, I, or some living creature perceives it, and how it is perceived further influences that reality. Even time itself is not exempted from biocentrism.

Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust. Nothing is as fulfilling as a relationship of trust. Nothing is as inspiring as an offering of trust. Nothing is as profitable as the economics of trust. Nothing has more influence than a reputation of trust.

North Korea has a very striking mythology there. It is influencing the whole nation.

Nothing I've ever written has been motivated by trying to impact or influence anybody.

Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.

Noting all these things with the great delight which learning gives, we cannot but be stirred by these discoveries when we reflect upon the influence of them one by one.

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

Obstruction, basically, is whether you corruptly influence, obstruct or impede the administration of justice. You tell a chief law enforcement officer get, you know, back off my friend - or I hope you back off my friend and then when he doesn't, you fire him, clearly, that isn't - that is - fits the behavior of obstruction. The question of whether or not you can prosecute the president is open.

Nothing substitutes for positive thinking. Nothing. It is more powerful than all the money, all the influence, all the 'friends in high places' on earth.

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful an influence, as indolence.

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.

Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence.

Of the influence of Mr. Mill's personal character on those who were his political associates, it is difficult to speak too warmly.

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.

One always hopes that you're going to have influence and staying power, but you never know.

One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded.

One myth-perception is our continued emphasis of a Newtonian materialistic world, which by definition emphasizes the primacy of matter and somewhat ignores or minimizes the influence of the immaterial part of the universe.

Of course my father was a great influence on me. He taught me how to read.

One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.

One person can make a difference. You don't have to be a big shot. You don't have to have a lot of influence. You just have to have faith in your power to change things.

One of their major initiatives was getting all officers on Facebook. So the question is, why are these people who are there to train the Afghans being pressured to be on Facebook? Again, it sounds benign until you realize that the military's concern isn't the Afghans, it's convincing the American people that we should be in Afghanistan.Soldiers can put up pictures and say "See how happy the Afghans are because of our presence here." It's a way to directly influence the American people using propaganda.

One thing is clear, everyone, no matter what their professional or material status, no matter what their influence on various state structures, must obey the law.

One of the biggest dishes in Sicily is couscous, and there's always been a North African influence on Italian culture, culinary culture there.

[On George H.W. Bush:] By 1990 I had learned that I had to defer to him in conversation and not to stint the praise. If that was what was necessary to secure Britain's interests and influence, I had no hesitation in eating a little humble pie.

[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train.

Only when you find the courage to say something to someone that might influence a change in your behavior, does that behavior change.

One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.

Our best work is done, our greatest influence is exerted, when we are without thought of self.

One thing that is not to be underestimated is American cultures influence on the rest of the world.

Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.

..Our level of influence is not the same with everyone.

Our own species evolved under the influence of group selection, as Darwin emphasized when he discussed the evolution of altruism.

Our certainty that angels right now witness how we are walking through life should mightily influence the decisions we make. God is watching, and His angels are interested spectators too.

Our relations with Iran have witnessed grave crises because of the policies of successive regimes in Iran which have considered Iraq and the Arab homeland, particularly the Arab Gulf area, as a sphere for domination and influence.