I did go through graduate school and I like to do research, to create something that has a certain objective solidity. The… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
It's not something someone sets out to do - I never really set out to make movies about strong fighting women, but… — Joe Wright Copy Share Image
Our view of nature will influence the way we treat nature, and our view of human nature will affect our understanding of… — Ian Barbour Copy Share Image
In our day-to-day actions, it is often the small and simple things that will have a long-lasting impact (Alma 37:6-7). What we… — Per G. Malm Copy Share Image
Most people know that Lita has been, as far as my wrestling career is concerned, a big influence even before I came… — Mickie James Copy Share Image
Our spiritual home is definitely the U.K., but we have such a breadth of influence, and America's a huge part of that,… — Ted Dwane Copy Share Image
“You are here to make a difference, to either improve the world or worsen it. And whether or not you consciously choose… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
'Murphys law of economic policy': Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they… — Alan Blinder Copy Share Image
Our conduct has a direct influence on how people think about the gospel. The world doesn't judge us by our theology; the… — Carolyn Mahaney Copy Share Image
I would close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young girls to diet. Who says that to be pretty you have… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
Part of the pleasure of editing 'Vogue,' one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
Long before I was a writer, when I was just a haphazard reader and a dreamer of stories, I learnt about an… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
The government of the enlightened king? His achievements blanket the world but appear not to be his own doing. His transforming influence… — Burton Watson Copy Share Image
I don't want everybody to try to sound like something; I think that God has given us each unique talents and passions.… — Michael Gungor Copy Share Image
He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Art may not have the power to change the course of history, but it can provide a perspective on historical events that… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I think guitar-wise, Eric Clapton was a big influence on me. I got to spend time around him. He's kind of strange,… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
Eurasia is the world's axial supercontinent. A power that dominated Eurasia would exercise decisive influence over two of the world's three most… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Art comes into being in that abstract interval between a thought and reality, and no one - not even the artist who… — Edgar Alwin Payne Copy Share Image
And you know, almost in a perverse way, I wish it had been undue influence because we know how to correct that.… — David Kay Copy Share Image
The important question is, therefore, not whether anarchy is possible or not, but whether we can so enlarge the scope and influence… — Colin Ward Copy Share Image
Dad's influence naturally came into me, rather than trying to emulate every detail. His way of teaching me was to be sparse,… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
For me, Robbie Williams was a massive influence when I was growing up. But also Cheryl Cole. Being in her presence was… — Louis Tomlinson Copy Share Image
Never let someones thoughts and opinions affect your opinion of yourself. When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Be one who influences and not instigates, be one who is pure and not prejudiced with focus on your character and not… — Annu Ratha Copy Share Image
Take back control of your life... Don't let the weak influence your next move... Let your heart help inspire ways to become… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If the space that you take up is the sum total of the space that you influence, you have wasted your space… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
People ask me all the time what or who my influences are. To be honest, it would take a decent set of… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
The girl that introduced The Smiths' song 'Asleep' to me was an important musical influence that I met in college. From there… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
The longer I live, the more I have come to value the gift of eloquence. Every American youth, if he desires for… — George Frisbie Hoar Copy Share Image
As the society has gotten larger and more complex, individuals have lost their ability to influence any of the institutions that affect… — Robert Teeter Copy Share Image
The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass. It is at… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
There's no question that radio and especially television commercials were a big influence on our style. We love the idea of having… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
More than ever before, consumers have the ability to unify their voices and coalesce their buying power to influence corporate behaviors. — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Maybe the given person, cup, or landscape is lost before one gets to painting. A figure exerts a continuing and unspecified influence… — Richard Diebenkorn Copy Share Image
I think it's pathetic that a court of law cannot be in a vacuum of the legal system, without the influence of… — Mark Fuhrman Copy Share Image
The purpose of prayer is not to influence God to grant you special favors, but rather to remind yourself that you are… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
We only know God in His works, but we are forced by science to admit and to believe with absolute confidence in… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
