Quotes about Influence

Things happen to us in unpredictable ways, but the effect that that has on the kind of people who we become actually is not only open to chance - we can influence it in pretty profound ways.

I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly grows its own forms of art, poems, schools, theology, displacing all that exists, or that has been produced anywhere in the past, under opposite influences.

Jesus remains the most influential person in history, one who has inspired untold followers for millennia.

What is striking is how the reputation of the monarchy has gone up and down in my lifetime.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem.

I think, first of all, I don't think people understand Ice Cube's body of work. Ice Cube is a, and I hate to use the word 'urban' but - when you think of Judd Apatow, and a person who's launched so many careers, Ice Cube has done that for so many comedians, you know?

So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love.

Create your world around your work. Create your work around your life. Let other people help you shape it.

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.

I don't try to focus on anything that doesn't affect me personally and how I go out there every single day. I'm just going to continue to work hard and focus on what I can control.

Don't try to change people. It won't work, and they will end up resenting you. Only God can change people!