Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good. — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
When you start something creative for the first time, you are completely free, no real influences other than your own vision. — Matthew Williamson Copy Share Image
I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Don't choose the better man, choose the man who makes you a better woman. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being successful is not determined by the amount of money you make but by the amount of lives you affect and influence… — Behdad Sami Copy Share Image
“Don't preach, just set the example. You will influence more people through your actions than your words.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences. — Gordon Waller Copy Share Image
Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth ... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
Music is something all people could relate to. It can make you feel sad, happy, or excited. Music is really people telling… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Green strongly influences the heart and helps alleviate tension. Positive qualities associated with green are generosity, humility, and cooperation. Foods of the… — Tae Yun Kim Copy Share Image
Rarely do outside of school remedies work their way into the fabric of the schools or into the teachers lives, and more… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
The friendly smile, the word of greeting, are certainly something fleeting and seemingly insubstantial. You can’t take them with you. But they… — James Cash Penney Copy Share Image
Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
The past can influence the future. When you finish one chapter, you open another, which will be influenced by what you've just… — Edgar Davids Copy Share Image
As I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The lucid dream, located as it is at a crossroads between worlds and states of consciousness, places the magician in a unique… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
That's the nub of the thing, you see seriousness of spirit. It doesn't mean heaviness of heart, or a lack of fantasy,… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
However often we turn to it [the Koran] at first disgusting us each time afresh, it soon attracts, astounds, and in the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Steve's head dropped and stared at his feet. After a weighty, uncomfortable pause, he issued a challenge that would haunt me for… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
When somebody wants to write an article attacking a scoring system or the influence of wine writers, who's right in the cross… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
When E.U. governments are able to agree on political and economic policies, they will remain a superpower to influence the Americans, the… — Kenneth Clarke Copy Share Image
You can't just stop technological progress. Even if one country stops researching artificial intelligence, some other countries will continue to do it.… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
When you watch CNN and they're giving you news based on tweets that people are sending out, you realize that society is… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image