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“Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last people to suspect that they don't know what they are talking about when they go outside their narrow fields.”

People Knows Lasts Talking Influence Dangerous Fields Ignorance Educated Suspects

Book:Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays

Source: Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays

“The president has very little effect on the economy. If you want to put blame or credit, the main person who influences the business cycle is the head of the Federal Reserve Bank.”

Ifs Want Littles Persons President Economy Influence Effects Blame Credit Cycles Reserves Federal Reserve

Author:Robert Fogel

“Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even pictures of images that influence how we understand the world and how we take action.”

World Action Influence Models Assumption Generalization

Author:Peter Senge

“It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.”

Facts Law Influence Effects Circumstances Fixed Motive Laws Of Nature

Book:Philosophical works

Source: Philosophical works

“I'd have to say Steven Gerrard has been the biggest influence in my career so far. I watched him when I was younger and then to go and play and train with him every day is massive for me, and still is now.”

Has Beens Stills Play Careers Influence Train Massive

Author:Jordan Henderson

“For a man is a little lower than the angels, yet was made that he might become the companion of the Creative Forces; and thus was given--in the breath of life--the individual soul, the stamp of approval as it were of the Creator; with the ability to know itself to be itself, and to make itself, as one with the Creative Forces--irrespective of other influences.”

Knows Men Littles Made Soul Might Individual Given Force Ability Creative Influence Angel Breaths Creator Companion Approval Stamps

Author:Edgar Cayce

“Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.”

Inspiration Passion Results Team Influence Inspire Impact Customers Titles Mates Designation Team Mate

Author:Robin Sharma

“Never for a moment believe that the great body of the citizens of any State or States can deliberately intend to do wrong. They may, under the influence of temporary excitement or misguided opinions, commit mistakes; they may be misled for a time by the suggestions of self-interest; but in a community so enlightened and patriotic as the people of the United States argument will soon make them sensible of their errors, and when convinced they will be ready to repair them.”

Source: Life and Public Services of Gen. Andrew Jackson, Seventh President of the United States: Including the Most Important of His State Papers

“Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.”

People Seems Government Wealth Taken Influence Policy Favors Corporate Wealthy Expenses Public Policy Government Policy

Author:Hank Johnson

“The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as people - our characters or souls - can be shaped or changed by outside influences.”

People Thinking Way Kind Made Soul Character Cutting Influence Changed Shapes Glasses Outside Influences

Author:Lisa Kleypas

“I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at home and church. There was no alcohol and no smoking at our house. That was the way a Bowden was supposed to live. My dad always told me to represent the Bowden name in a respectful manner.”

Way Home House Names Church Influence Mom Dad Raised My Dad My Mom Alcohol Smoking Godly Respectful Going To Church No Smoking Mom Dad

Author:Bobby Bowden

“[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.”

Government Influence Position Isolated

Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick

“Paradoxically, the few eras of peace were times when men of war had high influence. The Pax Romana was enforced by Caesar's Legions. The Pax Brittanica was enforced by the Royal Navy and His Majesty's Forces.”

Men War Force Peace Influence Eras Royal Navy Majesty Legion Royal Navy

Author:Jerry Pournelle

“You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.”

People Trying Important Influence Balance Stress Agree Disagreeable Influencing People

Author:William Hague

“Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable.”

Kind Artist Powerful Influence

Author:Jack White

“Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up listening to music in church, and that was pretty much it. I didn't really grow up listening to AC/DC and all those bands.”

Feels Firsts Grows Church Growing Up Records Influence Listening Grew Band Grew Up Listening To Music

Author:Avril Lavigne

“There's so much music out there, and so many different styles that I've been influenced by, so each album reflects some of that knowledge or influence that I've had.”

Different Influence Style Albums Different Styles

Author:John Legend

“I don't like trying to influence politicians, who are themselves representative of huge numbers of people. As an educator, I'd rather enlighten the people and educate the people and let they be the ones who put the pressure on their elected officials.”

People Trying Numbers Influence Huge Politician Pressure Officials Educate Representatives Enlightening Educator Elected Officials Huge Numbers

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“No one with a living room radio that was a piece of furniture at the time would say, gee. I want to carry that around on my hip pocket. That was not a thought until NASA initiated this whole exercise. So there's an influence that's not just spinoff.”

Want Whole Rooms Pieces Influence Exercise Radio Hips Pockets Furniture Living Room Nasa

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“There is still such a thing as subversive. Subversive makes hip people nervous. It's something new that scares you in a good way. I mean, subversive to me is a compliment. Subversive is something that influences people to do something against society that they haven't thought of before.”

People Way Mean Stills Influence Havens Nervous Hips Something New Compliment Scare Good Way Subversive Influencing People

Author:John Waters

“I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative... And for me, when I'm making music, it's all in my head, and all those influences in my head. So if something comes to me that's a reference from a different genre then people are used to hearing from me, I'm not afraid to go there with it.”

People Ifs Knows Kind Different Soul Used Influence Jazz Hip Hop Hearing Hips Alternatives Genre Classic Hops Not Afraid Different Genres Brazilian Music

Author:John Legend

“The ability to connect and influence people, that's the job of a leader. And we're all leaders at some level.”

People Jobs Ability Levels Leader Influence Influencing People

Author:Tony Robbins

“It's not leadership by position that allows people to succeed; it's the capacity to influence the thoughts, the feelings, the emotions, and the actions of other human beings.”

People Humans Feelings Action Human Beings Emotion Influence Position Succeed Capacity

Author:Tony Robbins

“We've always had a lot of different influences and we've always liked catchy music from the Beatles to Cheap Trick to Elvis Costello.”

Different Influence Tricks Catchy

Author:Chuck Comeau

“I'm an adult and I know what power means in the modern world. In the modern world, power is mainly defined by such factors as the economy, defence and cultural influence. I believe that in terms of defence, Russia is without any doubt one of the leaders because we are a nuclear power and our nuclear weapons are perhaps the best in the world.”

Knows World Believe Mean I Believe Term Leader Economy Doubt Influence Modern Weapons Adults Nuclear Russia Factors Defined Nuclear Weapons Modern World Defence Nuclear Power World Power

Author:Vladimir Putin

“There is a schizophrenic nature in modern politics. A leader is expected to have a religious faith but he is not supposed to let it influence him in his duties. Somehow, the truths that determine everything else about his existence are not allowed to influence how he conducts himself in public life. Not only that, his principles are usually considered so personal that the public is not even allowed to know for certain what they are. This passes for noble statecraft in our time. It was once thought cowardice.”

Knows Certain Religious Existence Leader Principles Influence Modern Duty Determine Noble Expected Our Time Cowardice Religious Faith Public Life Schizophrenic Modern Politics

Author:Stephen Mansfield

“The people's community must not be a mere phrase, but a revolutionary achievement following from the radical carrying out of the basic life needs of the working class. A ruthless battle against corruption! A war against exploitation, freedom for the workers! The elimination of all economic-capitalist influences on national policy...Maintaining a rotten economic system has nothing to do with nationalism, which is an affirmation of the Fatherland. I can love Germany and hate capitalism. Not only can I, I must.”

“Function influence but does not dictate form”

Doe Form Influence Function

Author:Eero Saarinen

“Half of all kids in public education are below the poverty line. Two-thirds of the achievement gap comes from factors outside of school. Teachers influence about seven to ten percent of what happens in kids' lives. When you think about those statistics, you have to think about how to re-envision education so it's holistic and so we share responsibility.”

“I am passionate about God, about Jesus, and what His influences do to me.”

Jesus Influence Passionate

Author:TobyMac

“Judeo-Christian revelation is not the negative influence secularists proclaim it to be. Rather, it is the taproot of our civilization.”

Christian Influence Civilization Negative Revelations Negative Influence

Author:Charles Colson

“My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden.”

Has Beens Four Influence Primaries Borges

Author:August Wilson

“Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.”

Careers Influence Thirds

Author:Tom Glavine

“Sailing became one of the mainstreams of my life. I suppose my father was an influence. I remember seeing a photo of him at home sailing a big boat to Bermuda in his 20s. I still have it.”

Stills Home Bigs Remember Father Seeing Influence Boat Mainstream Sailing Bermuda

Author:David Crosby

“The character of Jesus has not only been the highest pattern of virtue, but the strongest incentive in its practice, and has exerted so deep an influence, that it may be truly said that the simple record of three years of active life has done more to regenerate and to soften mankind than all the disquisitions of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists.”

Years May Said Done Character Three Jesus Simple Practice Virtue Records Influence Mankind Highest Patterns Philosopher Active Strongest Three Years Incentives Moralist Active Life

Author:Ravi Zacharias

“The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!”

Way Should Looks Real Reason Guy Parent Roles Teacher Influence Models Athlete Look Up Role Models Parents And Teachers Good Role Models

Author:Dante Hall

“I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life. I was always close with women.”

Powerful Influence Grew Mom Grew Up

Author:Brian K. Vaughan

“Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individuals contribution far more than the individual himself.”

Shows Individual Influence Research Organization Climate Contribution

Author:W. Edwards Deming

“My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury.”

Two Stuff Influence Rocks Dramatic Songwriting Mercury Glam Glam Rock

Author:Brandi Carlile

“I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really escape the influence.”

Thinking Powerful Influence Inevitable Dylan

Author:Paul Simon

“Whether you think you like Rubens or not, his influence runs through the pathways of painting. Like Warhol, he changed the game of art.”

Thinking Art Running Games Influence Changed Painting Pathways Warhol Rubens

Author:Jenny Saville

“Obama is not just a powerful speaker, but a thinker engaged with the ideas of his country and his age--this argument by historian James Kloppenberg should therefore fascinate anyone interested in American politics or how ideas shape public life. Tracing the influences of Obama's family, educational, and work experiences on his ideas, Reading Obama locates a unique individual in the crosscurrents of American democracy and continuing fights over American ideals.”

“I dont know that the United States is Gods Country, but the church has been so strong here, and because of its influence, we hold life to be sacred and we believe that individuals have dignity. This is part of our legacy.”

Knows Believe Has Beens Country States Individual Strong Church United United States Influence Dignity Sacred Legacy

Author:Rich Mullins

“They say your childhood influences your tastes and interests, or your approach if you're an artist. So what you create, whatever you saw, whatever your childhood was like - it influences how you're going to end up.”

Ifs Ends Artist Interest Saws Influence Childhood Taste Approach Your Children

Author:Brett Ratner

“Leadership is the ability to influence people and motivate them to do what needs to be done to accomplish a goal, vision, or mission.”

People Needs Done Goal Ability Vision Influence Accomplish Missions Influencing People

Author:Robert Johnson

“I think if you look at most successful people, if you ask most of them, their biggest influence was their dad.”

People Ifs Thinking Looks Asks Successful Influence Dad Successful People

Author:Tom Lehman

“You don't want to influence the same system you are trying to forecast.”

Want Trying Influence Forecasts

Author:Nate Silver

“Real cultural diversity results from the interchange of ideas, products, and influences, not from the insular development of a single national style.”

Ideas Real Results Influence Style Products Development Diversity Cultural Diversity Interchange

Author:Tyler Cowen

“The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.”

Parent Powerful Influence Permanent

Author:Faye Wattleton

“Public enthusiasm for new advances is a key ingredient in influencing policy-makers to stimulate follow-up work with suitable funding, and it can be achieved far faster now that interested non-specialists can explore new research autonomously and can also be appealed to directly by scientists.”

Influence Policy Keys Research Scientist Enthusiasm Faster Ingredients Makers Funding Suitable Specialists Follow Up Policy Makers

Author:Aubrey de Grey

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