The most influential books, and the truest in their influence, are works of fiction. They repeat, they re-arrange, they clarify the lessons… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out there's a certain acceptance that sets in; you're no… — Doc Severinsen Copy Share Image
It is possible to argue that the really influential book is not that which converts ten millions of casual readers, but rather… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
One of the things that was really influential early on was Ezra Pound's Cantos, one poem he worked on for 50 years.… — Richard Misrach Copy Share Image
Books are influential in proportion to their obscurity, provided that the obscurity be that of inexpressible Realities. The Bible is the most… — Coventry Patmore Copy Share Image
About the gnostic writers themselves and the setting in which they lived we know little, although gnostic Christians were influential enough to… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
There is nothing more influential in a child's life than the moral power of quiet example. For children to take morality seriously… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
The Internet has become a remarkable fount of economic and social innovation largely because it's been an archetypal level playing field, on… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Many of us carry memories of an influential teacher who may scarcely know we existed, yet who said something at just the… — Laurent A. Daloz Copy Share Image
Any observations from the Moon or a sense of realising this or that about the greater meaning of things wasn't as influential… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
We are paralyzed from advancing as a society, advancing as a culture because so many of the dominantly influential people in our… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of really influential people in my life, like my grandmother M. J., who have helped me along the… — Khloe Kardashian Copy Share Image
I think more influential than Emily Dickinson or Coleridge or Wordsworth on my imagination were Warner Brothers, Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent… — George Ade Copy Share Image
Complex astronomical instruments like the Antikythera Mechanism and the Nebra Sky Disk were made by Pagans. Our Pagan intellectual heritage includes poets… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
Most writers in Mexico have had posts as ambassadors, secretaries - that is no longer the case. Now a writer can live… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Parents can be very influential in designing those little creepy-crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life.… — Kim Basinger Copy Share Image
Every hour of every day, at every level in every organization, influential people succeed and non-influential people don't, — Graham Roberts Copy Share Image
I think that we're at an alarming moment in American political development and maybe in world political development, because the United States… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they… — Agyness Deyn Copy Share Image
The most influential person in the room isn't the one who is being a bully, talking loudly, and imposing him- or herself… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
I was roommates with 2 of the guys who were influential in forming the Black Arts philosophy. I called them "goons," and… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
A lot of the commercial expression of hip-hop leaves a lot to be desired - but then, there's a lot of whack… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
