Best 1875 quotes in «influence quotes» category

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

The '90s period I just miss because it was such a great time and the music was just so electric. Everybody just had to bring their A-game back then because everybody that was, you know, a big influence...they were on the charts. I bring that era with me everywhere I go. I care about every word I sing. I care about every move I make on stage. I care about the fans. I bring that with me to the present time. And then, when you're timeless, you can work in any time.

The ability to understand people is one of the greatest assets anyone can ever have.

The ability to connect and communicate is one of the most powerful, and you cannot find anyone who has been truly successful in life that doesn't have that ability because you've got to motivate, and you've got to -frankly, you have to influence.

The act of observing a quantum event probabalistically influences its outcome.

The actor's relationship to the crew is really a big dynamic that influences everything. When actors are assholes, it becomes problematic. When actors are great and sensitive and prepared, it makes a huge difference.

The aim is to influence customers to use your product on their own, again and again without relying on overt calls to action such as ads or promotions.

[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.

The Americans have a very active presence and policy in every single part of the world and if we broke with them, we would lose any possibility of influencing them. They would go in for global unilateralism, and the world would be a more dangerous place.

The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they have been passed over without consideration.

The arts are very alive in Ireland, so that had its influence on me. But I consider myself European, really.

The Beatles had an influence on everybody. You have to realize what an incredible explosion the Beatles were.

The best scientific way to discover if one factor influences another is to do a controlled experiment.

The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

The big influence on me was Robert Altman, who, especially in 'Nashville,' transformed my sense of dramatic structure and showed how you could handle overlapping stories.

The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else.

The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.

The character of the subject must influence the choice of the method of its representation.

The cardinal virtue of a teacher [is] to protect the pupil from his own influence.

The Central Bank should take into account other things as well: the stability of the bank system in the country, the increase or decrease of money supply in the economy, its influence on inflation.

The choice of a mate is crucial because no one has a greater influence on our spiritual lives.

The contraction of theological influence has been at once the best measure, and the essential condition of intellectual advance.

The congregation that I was raised in was one that sang and a non-instrumental fashion. It was all a cappella singing, and so that had a major influence on me.

The cybernetics phase of cognitive science produced an amazing array of concrete results, in addition to its long-term (often underground) influence

The core of the concept of a bribe is an inducement improperly influencing the performance of a public function meant to be gratuitously exercised.

The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone.

The days of the Cross are counted. We must deliver the German nation from the pernicious influence of Christianity.

The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others.

The dream unites the grossest contradictions, permits impossibilities, sets aside the knowledge that influences us by day, and exposes us as ethically and morally obtuse.

The egalitarian doctrine is manifestly contrary to all the facts established by biology and by history. Only fanatical partisans of this theory can contend that what distinguishes the genius from the dullard is entirely the effect of postnatal influences.

The FBI with their heavy influence on the judiciary system has successfully blocked me on every turn.

The everyday choices I make regarding money will influence the very coarse of eternity.

The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.

The faith that has not a sanctifying influence on the character is no better than the faith of devils.

The field is the sole influence of the particle.

The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence rather in overcoming evil than in freeing ourselves from its influence.

The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye.

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations.

The greatest influence you can have in any situation is to be the presence of love.

The greatest influence for good comes from those quiet folks who make morals, not moralizing, their vocation.

The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life.

The influence of mankind on climate is trivially true and numerically insignificant.

The head of dullness, unlike the tail of the torpedo, loses nothing of the benumbing and lethargizing influence by reiterated discharges.

The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice.

The influence of coffee in stimulating the genital organs is notorious.

The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.

The influence is really all over the place. Detroit, definitely because of Motown and Stooges. When you come from a place like Detroit, you're really proud of what you have there.

THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM requires that prices be under effective control. And it seeks the greatest possible influence over what buyers take at the established prices.