Influence Quotes - Page 18

I am the last man in the world to say that the succor which is given us from America is not in itself something to rejoice at greatly. But I also say that I can see more in the knowledge that America is going to win a right to be at the conference table when the terms of peace are discussed. . . . It would have been a tragedy for mankind if America had not been there, and there with all her influence and power.

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

Artists have made innovations in many areas... But whatever the nature of an artist's innovation, its importance ultimately depends on the extent of its influence on other artists.

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

Yeah, Dizzee Rascal is a huge influence on what I'm doing. I learnt a lot from him even though he's younger than me.

We've always had a lot of different influences and we've always liked catchy music from the Beatles to Cheap Trick to Elvis Costello.

Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future.

There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance, depending on the person of one gender or another, and sometimes where that is less of an influence in your life.

It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.

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

Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.

Excessive or irrational schedules are probably the single most destructive influence in all of software

I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.

A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.

My earliest influences were things I heard in my household.

It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.

Position yourself as a center of influence, the one who knows the movers and shakers. People will respond to that, and you'll soon become what you project.

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.

Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money.

Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.

It is remarkable how great an influence our clothes have on our moral state.

[Attributional] factors serve as conveyors of efficacy information that influence performance largely through their intervening effects on self-percepts of efficacy

Perceived self-efficacy influences the types of causal attributions people make for their performances

All the violence in videos and movies, you can't tell me that that wouldn't influence a disturbed person.

'Murphys law of economic policy': Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they have the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most vehemently.