I have more influence now than when I had the power.
Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
Valentine's Day itself, like most holidays in the modern era, has been heavily influenced by commercialism that focuses on the appeal of romantic fantasies.
Influenced by him, and probably even more so by my brother Theodore (a year older than me), I soon became interested in biology and developed a respect for the importance of science and the scientific method.
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
I was just going more for what I've always been influenced by, European music.
There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music.
Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.
Beauty is an influence based off of judgment.
The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
In very truth, a wise imagination, which is the presence of the spirit of God, is the best guide that man or woman can have; for it is not the things we see the most clearly that influence us the most powerfully; undefined, yet vivid visions of somet...
He had just reached the time of life at which 'young' is ceasing to be the prefix of 'man' in speaking of one. He was at the brightest period of masculine life, for his intellect and emotions were clearly separate; he had passed the time during which...
I never met your likeness. Jane: you please me, and you master me - you seem to submit, and I like the sense of pliancy you impart; and while I am twining the soft, silken skein round my finger, it sends a thrill up my arm to my heart. I am influence...
The Air Loom had been constructed by the Jacobins in Paris around the time of their coup d'etat in 1793. Just as they had corrupted the ideals of the Enlightenment to their despotic ends, so had they corrupted Enlightenment science. The secret of its...
Dark influences from the American past congregate among us still. If we are a democracy, what are we to make of the palpable elements of plutocracy, oligarchy, and mounting theocracy that rule our state? How do we address the self-inflicted catastrop...
When kids are young, before the age of ten, there is a critical window of opportunity when their habits and motivations can be influenced.
Your opinion is not influenced by anyone when you're alone at a matinee. It's just you and the movie.
We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.
My first influences were superhero artists.
I enjoy being influenced by other writers.
I'm a fan of retracing the facts and absorbing my atmosphere and being influenced by it.
