Influence Quotes - Page 25

My mother was the biggest influence on me, without question.

My mother made sure we stayed involved in the church and the things of God. My relationship with Christ came about through that and the influences of my mother and grandmother helped my faith to grow.

You can't influence somebody when you're judging them.

The person with the most certainty in a given situation will influence the other.

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.

My friend Phil Morrison directed a lot of my favorite videos back in the mid- to late-90s - all the Yo La Tengo videos that were funny, a Juliana Hatfield video. He was such an influence with me, and I wanted to do a video the way Phil used to do videos. I did that for Phil.

The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate.

Nature is a big influence on my work. That's where the cosmic element comes in, an awareness of the relevance of what we do as a species, why we do it, and its implications.

I have overlived the generation with which mutual labors & perils begat mutual confidence and influence.

You cant reduce me to a set of influences.

Byron owed the vast influence which he exercised over his contemporaries at least as much to his gloomy egotism as to the real power of his poetry.

We must succumb to the general influence of the times. No man can be of the tenth century, if he would; be must be a man of the nineteenth century.

Religion is ... the most pernicious single influence in human society, without one redeeming feature.

You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?

Sebald, Naipaul, and Joyce are three of my biggest influences, all of them for their formal freedom and their ability to create mood. So those comparisons are immensely flattering and, of course, unearned.

I have moved around a lot, and I've lived in all of these different environments - that has affected the kinds of music and the range of music and influences I've had in my life. All of those influences - more subconsciously - play into the music I make.

Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it's always been a big influence on my own songwriting.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.

Race and temperament go for much in influencing opinion.

Photography and movies are a much bigger influence on me than music is itself.

We can influence the future but not see it.

Trust in your own beliefs or succumb to the influence of others'.

Influence others positively by being a teacher, coach, counselor, or mentor.

I don't think anybody can with a straight face say that the Russians did not set out to influence our election, and they did so.