Influenced Quotes
656 Influenced quotes by 595 unique authors
-
The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.
— Sam Mendes
-
I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel,…
— Sara Bareilles
-
The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now…
— Emily Greene Balch
-
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was 'Ben Hur'.
— Roberto Benigni
-
I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call 'contemporary headline horror,' stuff that is true crime or for one reason or another catches our…
— Dan Chaon
-
I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything,…
— Stanley Donen
-
The funniest thing is not who influenced me positively, but who influenced me negatively. I had such an aversion to what Busby Berkeley did; in…
— Stanley Donen
-
Yeah, I always listen to both classic and newer folk-influenced music. Singer-songwriter, alternative music. I also listen to more experimental dance music.
— Brad Delson
-
What I believe in touches many aspects of religious and spiritual thought. Mainly I'm influenced and inspired by the eastern yogi's aspect of mysticism, Which…
— Dave Davies
-
Russia's biggest problem is organized crime and its leaders are influenced by the Russian mafia. But it's not right to call it a Russian mafia,…
— David Duke
-
I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me.
— Dick Dale
-
America was first colonized by Puritans. Most of our earliest immigrants, and many since, have come here in order to practice their religious beliefs as…
— James Frey
-
I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my…
— Caitlin Flanagan
-
I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom they're given to…
— James Frey
-
My own fashion sense has been influenced by 'We'll Take Manhattan.' It's gotten a little better.
— Karen Gillan
-
I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I can't…
— Nell Freudenberger
-
I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents' religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of…
— Ken Follett
-
In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be projected and, yes,…
— Cai Guo-Qiang
-
So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in the…
— Cee Lo Green
-
I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced by…
— Roy Ayers
-
The comics I read as a kid were much more influenced by TV and movies. Encountering superheroes as an adult without that kind of childhood…
— Garth Ennis
-
Rhyme written in graffiti xeroxed on blueprints, students influenced are now a nuisance.
— Louis Eric Barrier
-
A lifestyle involves a cluster of habits and orientations, and hence has a certain unity - important to a continuing sense of ontological security -…
— Anthony Giddens
-
I was heavily influenced by Andy Kaufman and Steven Wright.
— David Cross
-
The films that influenced me were so disparate that there's almost no pattern.
— James Cameron
Who Wrote These Influenced Quotes
595 authors contributed a total of 656 Influenced Quotes, led by these top contributors: