“It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.” BigsDealsInfluenceInvolvedCostMusicalMore MoneyBig Business Author:Hal Price
“Does the critic wish to influence the kind of film that costs more than £250,000? It is as if he were to send a postcard to General Motors explaining that he would like them to make a raft next year, or a helicopter, instead of a car.” IfsYearsKindDoeFilmNextWishInfluenceCarCostCriticsExplainingMotorNext YearHelicoptersPostcardsGeneral Motors Author:Kenneth Tynan
“Through exploitation of its influence over global financial affairs, the United States has been able to cover the costs of its hegemonic position, preserve a false domestic prosperity, and mask the consequences of its relative political and economic decline.” Has BeensStatesAblePoliticalUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceEconomicPositionCostConsequenceAffairFinancialProsperityPreservesMaskRelativeDeclineExploitation Book:The Political Economy of International Relations Source: The Political Economy of International Relations
“A lamp kept on mound illumines the area; if kept in a pit, it is as if it were not. A virtue that is practised is a lamp that shines for all; good thoughts and good deeds have a way of influencing others. The gems of wisdom, the light of intuitive experience should not be kept away from fellow - men. They have to be shared, even at the cost od one's life. That was the lesson Jesus taught and symbolised.” IfsMenWayShouldLightJesusVirtueInfluenceTaughtLessonsCostAreasFellowsShiningDeedsGood DeedsLampsIntuitiveFellow ManPitsGemsGood Thoughts Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The Media are corporations so... It's the concentrations of private power which have an enormous, not total control, but enormous influence over Congress and the White House and that's increasing sharply with sharp concentration of private power and escalating cost of elections and so on.” HouseWhiteInfluenceMediaCostElectionCongressEnormousCorporationsConcentrationWhite HouseEscalating Author:Noam Chomsky
“The biggest influence on my writing, besides snagging some ideas about black humor, was that the paper mill had a program where they paid 75 percent of the tuition and book [costs] for employees who wanted to go to college part-time.” WritingBookIdeasWantedBlackInfluenceCollegeCostPaperPercentProgramPaidEmployeeMillsPart TimeTuitionBlack Humor Author:Donald Ray Pollock