Influence Quotes - Page 37

I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life. I was always close with women.

Everyone was so anti-wanting to be anything else. I guess a lot of bands say that but I think, for us, that notion - combined with our musical influences - ended up making us uncategorizable.

Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.

I definitely am a huge lover of comedy, and it's only through doing so many comedies that I've realised how much of an influence they've been on me.

Surround yourself with positive people and positive influences.

I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.

Most of my influences are from the past.

I'm happy to have been a positive influence.

If we pick recognition over influence we'll be known for all the wrong stuff.

To influence others, we must know what is influencing them... and they must know that we get it.

To influence others to change, you must be able to frame that change in terms of the future, and in a way that has value to all concerned.

ABBA was a direct influence on me.

If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church

Doonesbury had the requisite and overwhelming influence in 1980, as it did on any college cartoonist who was paying attention, of course.

Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.

I guess I would call my music blues punk. Theres a lot of influences.

To the extent that we live in a postmodern world and it shapes the concrete circumstances of our daily lives, I would say postmodernism affects my work or influences my work.

Being successful is not determined by the amount of money you make but by the amount of lives you affect and influence for the better.

There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.

If we're free from the burden of trying to be completely original, we can stop trying to make something out of nothing, and we can embrace influence instead of running from it.

It is natural that affluence should be followed by influence.

I still credit Adrian Lester with being one of my biggest influences.

Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear.