War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true grandeur impossible. — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
When people ask me my influences and I'm like, "nobody" they're like, "there has to be somebody." People seem to think you… — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
I fear the past not only because its irreversible and unchangeable. But because it has the ability to interfere with my present… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Crumb was such an influence on me. He's such a visionary, such a great artist, that he so shaped my artistic sensibilities… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
No matter how hard you try to make a person who's miserable all the time happy it'll never work, until they get… — Larry J Cowell Copy Share Image
The United States is not just another country. It has more capacity and potential to influence the world than any other country… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Don't let bitterness, resentment or anger against someone take root in your life, it could be stopping you from your breakthrough. Learn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Both my mom and my grandma were really big influences on me not only by being strong and teaching me to be… — Miranda Lambert Copy Share Image
The piano has been a love of mine ever since I started playing in college, so having the chance to play a… — Rick Carlisle Copy Share Image
If a man's innate self-respect will not save him from habitual, disgusting intoxication, all the female influences in the universe would not… — Augusta Jane Evans Copy Share Image
“By building mountains out of molehills, through lying by omission, agenda-setting, framing stories and issues in a certain light, and by manipulating… — Mark Dice Copy Share Image
After people like Lennon and Dylan, I think David Bowie brought a very modernistic intelligence and the necessity for change. I think… — Roger Meddows Taylor Copy Share Image
Pythagoras based musical education in the first place on certain melodies and rhythm that exercised a healing, a purifying influence on the… — Porphyry Copy Share Image
Next Monday the Convention in Virginia will assemble; we have still good hopes of its adoption here: though by no great plurality… — George Washington Copy Share Image
When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
When I go to throw a punch, actually, my intention is to hit somebody. That's just second nature to me. So you… — Rich Franklin Copy Share Image
Philanthropy, like Red Cross voluntarism, is realizing the enhancing influence of cultural diversity. Inviting the full participation of all the community's resources… — Gwen Jackson Copy Share Image
European civil society and NGOs that petition for favours and influence for their special interests are often themselves funded from E.U. coffers.… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
Sometimes we make assumptions about influence when similarities between two writers' work are so strong, but they're still just assumptions. Some things… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
Honest hearts produce honest actions. The more tranquil and humble you become, the greater your success, your influence, and the grace of… — Anne Nwakama Copy Share Image
“If he (George Keenan)felt on occasion more than a little uncomfortable when being listened to, then he was truly unhappy when not… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
It is surely indisputable that no single leader in the twentieth century exerted as great an influence on the course of world… — Dmitri Volkogonov Copy Share Image
The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, you might imagine that scientific papers were only cited by academics on the basis of their content. This… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
There are some magical people in this world; they have the power to touch lives in unique ways. That's why I just… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Let us say that you might have become a telepathic cancer, a malignant mentality which in its inevitable dissolution would have poisoned… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always… — Thomas Reid Copy Share Image
When I was an Independent I believed the same things I believe now as a Democrat. I was an Independent because I… — Amy McGrath Copy Share Image
Everyone comes into your life for a reason: some for good, some for bad. They shape us, they form us: some may… — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
First, in the history of words there is much that indicates the history of men, and in comparing the speech of to-day… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
The Book of the Heart provides a fresh perspective on the influence of the book as artifact on our language and culture.… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
Well, I wouldn't say that this experience had any influence on my decision to do this film about Andy, because Andy was… — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
Economic and political structures that have a far sweeping impact on the lives of billions is not outside the purview of the… — David Kim Copy Share Image
The quality of people you have around you as a manager is so vital. There are various factors that influence that process;… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
Listening to Dr. King on the radio inspired me. Coming under the influence of Jim Lawson inspired me to think that I,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do… — Laurel Clark Copy Share Image
A China-friendly North Korea serves as a buffer between southern China and the U.S.'s sphere of influence in the region - something… — Will Hurd Copy Share Image
The White House was so eager to rid itself of Iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements… — Leon Panetta Copy Share Image
