Influence Quotes - Page 24

Truly successful individuals create both immediate and long-lasting influence attracting others to them.

[Sherlock Holmes] has to understand the world. That's very much John's [Watson] influence on him. But like a lot of the friendships and relationships in that world, it's born out of necessity. It makes him better. There's a pragmatism to it. It's not whimsical or sentimental. It's born out of necessity.

Beware! I'm acting under the influence of human nature.

No one is a light unto himself, not even the sun.

You can't influence people you refuse to associate with.

We are beginning to see the influence of dream upon reality and reality upon dream.

In the 70s, what thrash was there? Punk came on, and that was cool. But there was no thrash. There were dinosaur big bands, and that was great. Those were my influences.

Bowie's been a huge influence on me. I remember early on, my dad pulling out the 'Diamond Dogs' album, and the cover alone just grabbed my attention. I think I was probably around 12.

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

News has a way of distancing us from events, even as it informs us about them. News articles almost always present both the event and the responses at the same time - how is President Barack Obama or Congress responding to the events? I think this reflects a deep need we have to feel that things are under control and that events are subject to our influence.

I was always looking outside of myself for stories and ideas and influences and then I kind of realized in 2010, that all of this time, I've developed a "sound." And I've never fully explored it.

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

I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself.

For better or worse, the United States enjoys the lion's share of public and media attention. We influence much of the conversation on social and public media by sheer volume.

A breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences.

A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.

My major influence was my ten years older sister.

I think we'll always have newspapers, but they'll lose influence.

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

When Loughner himself speaks and we find out his real influences are Spiderman, 'Gnome Chomsky,' Taylor Swift, and Dr. Bronner, then what?

I like the influence of pictures on music and the other way around.

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.

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.

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 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.