American English is the greatest influence of English everywhere. — Robert Burchfield Copy Share Image
The United States influences government and life everywhere else. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
There are major influences on us that people are not aware of. There are big lies that nobody's willing to discuss. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability. — Polly Toynbee Copy Share Image
If you can influence five people, fantastic. If you can influence five hundred people, fantastic. It's all important. — Laurie David Copy Share Image
Never let the opinions of others affect you, live your life in your own way and to its fullest. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
“What happens outide of you has an influence. Yet what happens within you has the final say.” — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I had never been tempted to take drugs of any kind and especially not mind-altering ones, but when Mizuko introduced me to… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
He is the greatest influence in the world today. There is... a fifth Gospel being written - the work of Jesus Christ… — William Griffith Thomas Copy Share Image
Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I think Henry Miller has had huge influence not because he wrote about sex, but because the memoir or the nonfiction novel… — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
A wise man shall overrule his stars and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
There was a period... when I used to say, with as much ferocity as I could muster, 'I hate Henry James, and… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
We've come under the influence of television, where in all honesty we can follow a show that could just get cancelled midway… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
We wear our names heavily. And though we have tried to escape their influence, they have seeped into us, and we find… — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
When we take the position that it is not only the programmer's responsibility to produce a correct program but also to demonstrate… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
One thing I've learnt is that God really has mysterious ways of acting and is trustworthy. When you have a problem if… — Carlos Alves Copy Share Image
No design can exist in isolation. It is always related, sometimes in very complex ways, to an entire constellation of influencing situations… — George Nelson Copy Share Image
My first encounter with yoga was in 1969 with my older brother Doug. I was thirteen years old, and he was eighteen.… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
Without total freedom, every perception, every objective regard, is twisted. It is only the man who is totally free who can look… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The Second World War had a precipitating effect in that it discredited the empires, as well as bankrupting them. Not only could… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food! Everything else - power, influence, strength - all those… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
The first book ever written in an alphabet was the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. And the most important passage was… — Leonard Shlain Copy Share Image
“Things that are too easily achieved don't inspire anyone.” — Constance Chuks Friday Copy Share Image
