Your biggest influences are the earliest ones. When I was young, I was very influenced by the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear. — Ashley Madekwe Copy Share Image
There were many influences on me while growing up. In the late Seventies and early Eighties when I was growing up in… — Satya Nadella Copy Share Image
'Hot Fuss' was all based on fantasy. The English influences, the makeup - they were what I imagined rock was. I'm a… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
The president has very little effect on the economy. If you want to put blame or credit, the main person who influences… — Robert Fogel Copy Share Image
I hope we can keep doing it this way - making music and art that are pure products of our influences while… — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
I think sometimes I write to impress my influences. Whether they're actually acquaintances of mine, people that I think will hear the… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences. — OMI Copy Share Image
I was going to go to college and graduate and move to New York and do the Broadway thing. That's where a… — Sam Tsui Copy Share Image
The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I was always a fan of the old-style comics. I loved vaudeville. I loved Milton Berle, Dick Shawn, Phyllis Diller, Don Rickles,… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
Since childhood, sports has been one of the most important influences in my life. — Lindsey Vonn Copy Share Image
My influences come from real life. I'm not interested in cinema for cinema's sake. I'm interested in life - what one does… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I haven't read a lot of Westerns. But I wrote a Western. The influences were all cinematic. — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
The hazards posed by Near-Earth Asteroids are assessed by Sentry, a computer system developed by the Near-Earth Objects Group at NASA's Jet… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
My upbringing has always been quite equal in terms of cultural influences. But it's unlikely that anything could prepare you for a… — Antonia Thomas Copy Share Image
A lot of young chefs today get carried away by trends, by influences, by movements. — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
Climate change - for so long an abstract concern for an academic few - is no longer so abstract. Even the Bush… — Zac Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
I guess I would call my music 'blues punk.' There's a lot of influences. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
