There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?" "Are you a… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
There's a time that may come in an organization where leading by influence is not enough. When things are not going the… — Abigail Johnson Copy Share Image
The UK has no input in Afrobeat. Let me make myself very clear. The UK has no influence in the creation or… — Burna Boy Copy Share Image
We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have moved around a lot, and I've lived in all of these different environments - that has affected the kinds of… — Tei Shi Copy Share Image
[The movies] make the sort of comment only a novel can make, an allusion to the world in which people live, the… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
I guess there might come a point when I will want to live an anonymous life. I'm only at the start of… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
Movies become living organisms that graduate from a filmmaker's sphere of influence and pretty much look back and tell you how they… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
You are the absolute creator of what happens to you. This means now. [...] There is awesome power in knowing this fact.… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful, the majestic and he true, by whose light it surveys and shape s their… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
We are devastated to learn of the death of Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest talents of his generation. He brought a… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
The enormous influence of novelty--the way in which it quickens observations, sharpens sensations, and exalts sentiment--is not half enough taken note of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If Americans are frustrated with Congress, imagine their frustration with a group of international bank officials running our ecomomy-bankers who may not… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Under the influence of collectivist ideologies, many politicians and journalists are ever eager to strike at successful entrepreneurs who earn much more… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others. Modern, no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
[The spirit of party] opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through… — George Washington Copy Share Image
For a long time now, movie characters have generally been articulate, even chatty. Call it the influence of Woody Allen, but we… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
We are well aware that religion is not as bad an influence as it was a short time ago, as history is… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
If our love of God does not directly influence, and even change, how we engage in the issues of our time on… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
If everyone in America agreed that 80 percent of their contributions for House, Senate, and president could only come from people making… — Brian Williams Copy Share Image
You will never have to talk religion to anyone; men will see it talking in your life! You will radiate a positive… — Albert E Cliffe Copy Share Image
That there is a Devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the Devil. For… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
If saying that religion should be a private matter and should not have special influence in public life is illiberal, then 74%… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I am inspired by your presence in my life. It gives me the strength to think and to do the impossible. It's… — Frank Matobo Copy Share Image
What I've had to do because I'm a woman, to protect myself - which tends to be engaging with cues like, 'What's… — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
I think the media can be a very positive influence by essentially holding people to task about the importance of high quality… — Anthony Fauci Copy Share Image
Had the Bible been in clear straightforward language, had the ambiguities and contradictions been edited out, and had the language been constantly… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
My father was an electrical engineer. He's presently 92 and still could be holding down a job. He had a very analytical… — Vera Rubin Copy Share Image
In Holland, things were pretty stale for me. Even though there were a lot of good influences and a certain openness to… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
I fully agree with General Washington, that we must protect this young nation from an insidious influence and impenetration. The menace, gentlemen,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
We change people, but oftentimes we get so focused on the negative people and their influence on us, we forget how powerful… — Michelle Gielan Copy Share Image
Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
When you have corporate influence on our government outweighing the influence of citizens, that's terrifying. This is something we have to make… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate towards some goal which they come to find desirable and which motivates them… — Ordway Tead Copy Share Image
The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image