Quotes about Influence

The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.

When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss Money

The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.

Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.

The noble-minded encourage what is beautiful in people and discourage what is ugly in them. Little people do just the opposite.

I am not worried that nobody knows me. I seek to become fit to be known

The Master said, "When you meet persons of exceptional character think to stand shoulder to shoulder with them; meeting persons of little character, look inward and examine yourself.

Staying with good people is like entering a room with orchids. You won't notice the fragrance, but you'll be soaked in the scent. Staying with evil people is just like going inside a stinky fish store. You won't smell it after a while because you will blend with the stench. Keep red things and you'll turn red. Keep lacquer, and you'll turn black ...So a wise man should be careful of where he stays...

Well, I guess in all honesty I would have to say that I never knew nor did I ever hear of anybody that money didnt change.

For me the world has always been more of a puppet show. But when one looks behind the curtain and traces the strings upward he finds they terminate in the hands of yet other puppets, themselves with their own strings which trace upward in turn, and so on. In my own life I saw these strings whose origins were endless enact the deaths of great men in violence and madness. Enact the ruin of a nation.

Yeah. He aint here to say though, is he? I dont know. Someways I think he'll always have a say.

Concentrated populations of the deranged assume certain powers. It has an unsettling effect. You spend some time in a nuthouse and you'll see.