Influence Quotes · Page 52

Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.

— Tom Glavine

'Lord of the Flies' is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager; I still…

— Suzanne Collins

“the only way to influence people is to talk in terms of what the other person wants.”

— Dale Carnegie

Hemingway was a big influence - 'A Farewell to Arms,' though I disapproved of the later Hemingway.

— David Dellinger

Anyone who doubts that caffeine is a drug should read some of the prose composed under its influence.

— Anne Fadiman

I just feel like I influence people because I'm like - I was practically homeless.

— Cardi B

The heart has such an influence over the understanding, that it is worth while to engage it in our interest.

— Lord Chesterfield

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

— Bob Goff

In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been a huge influence on Lost Souls and…

— Poppy Z. Brite

Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious…

— Thomas Bulfinch

Anybody with a good sense of humor is one-up on their competition. We respond to somebody who has the ability to make…

— Robert Orben

The kind of people who can assemble huge crowds into one spot will be the major influences on mass culture in the…

— Jim Morrison

You may be pulling from different influences because of different things that are going on in your life, different people that are…

— Zac Hanson

While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis…

— Roland Gift

I have been grateful for the influence of my grandmother and my grandfather in my life. I remember my grandmother as a…

— James E. Faust

Food probably has a very great influence on the condition of men. Wine exercises a more visible influence, food does it more…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own:…

— Leo Tolstoy

History did not demand Yossarian's premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not…

— Joseph Heller

I trust that a graduate student some day will write a doctoral essay on the influence of the Munich analogy on the…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Everyone has issues they are passionate about, they care about. Step up, do something that you know absolutely you can achieve. We…

— Nick Begich

Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises…

— Abraham Kuyper

There is still such a thing as subversive. Subversive makes hip people nervous. It's something new that scares you in a good…

— John Waters

The moral duty to be expected in different ages is not a unity of standard, or of acts, but a unity of…

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Absorbing foreign capital and technology and even allowing foreigners to construct plants in China can only play a complementary role to our…

— Deng Xiaoping

Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.

— James Hunter

The 'Jonny Quest' theme had a huge influence on me while I was growing up.

— Michael Giacchino

Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns.

— Quentin Tarantino

Influence is the single most important skill you can master in your lifetime.

— Tony Robbins

Words can help, words can heal...they can also hurt, and can also kill.

— Tim Walters

How vital are mother’s influence and teaching in the home-and how apparent when neglected!

— Ezra Taft Benson

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.

— Nikhil Saluja

“Stop focusing on what others keep doing wrong; Be positive. Be a light & influence for others. Make a difference in our world.”

— Timothy Pina

Education is only the most fully conscious of the channels whereby each generation influences the next.

— C. S. Lewis

Don't listen to other people, because their words don't define you and who you are!

— Anonymous

“Other people influence your life through their actions and thoughts.”

— Steven Redhead

Exercising has a calming influence on me. It's almost like a meditation.

— Rahul Dev

Love can turn worst enemies to best friends, and best friends into lovers.

— Anonymous

I believe the greatest ability to possess is the ability to find, develop, and promote abilities in other people.

— Anonymous

Never let haters 'still' your flow. They can only do so with your permission.

— T.F. Hodge

Positive thinking makes you energetic, innovative, paves way for more initiative action, which leads happiness in your life.

— Anil Sinha