“It is sad to witness the persistence in our society of the racism and xenophobia that seems to be a permanent part of our political culture. It is shameful to see politicians exploiting these human weaknesses in order to gain political power. It is most depressing of all to contemplate a future in which politicians who do this will continue to have influence over people's lives.” PeopleHumansSeemsPoliticalOrderCultureInfluencePoliticianRacismWeaknessGainsWitnessPersistencePermanentOur SocietyContemplatingDepressingShamefulPolitical PowerXenophobiaPolitical CultureMost Depressing Author:Allen W. Wood
“In the end I'm in love with it [Western European easel painting]. And that's where a lot of the influence from the work comes from.” EndsInfluencePaintingWestern Author:Kehinde Wiley
“You can't blame a victim for being under the influence when there is a violent act [happening to them]. These are two separate things.” TwoInfluenceHappeningsVictimBlameViolentViolent Acts Author:Jon Shenk
“China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.” ImportantGrowthInfluenceBoundsChinaFuture Growth Author:Manmohan Singh
“I sincerely hope that whatever influence the United States has in Pakistan, it will convince Pakistan that using terrorism as an instrument of state policy has no place in the world that we want to build.” WorldWantStatesUnitedUnited StatesInfluencePolicyInstrumentsTerrorismConvincePakistanSincerelyPlaces In The World Author:Manmohan Singh
“I don't see how being a faster runner, or a better mathematician makes you 'deserve' access to a better life, or more influence on policy, in the absence of a social decision to play that game in the way it's proposed to be organised for some set of benefits.” WayPlayGamesSocialDecisionInfluencePolicyBenefitsDeserveAbsenceAccessFasterMathematicianRunnersBetter LifeOrganised Author:Catherine Wilson
“I love it when people ask who my influences are... or what my favorite part of my last book was... or the last great book I read.” PeopleBookLastsAsksInfluenceMy FavoriteGreat Book Author:Jennifer Weiner
“I have the unique liberty as part of the Green Party that operates on the same terms. We have the ability to actually speak for everyday Americans. We are not controlled by major donors, by the influence of big banks, by fossil fuel giants, by war profiteers or insurance companies.” WarBigsSpeakTermAbilityPartyCompanyLibertyInfluenceMajorsUniqueGreenEverydayGiantsFuelControlledFossilsFossil FuelDonorsInsurance CompaniesGreen Party Author:Jill Stein
“The fact is that you can be a Nazi living in a little trailer in the middle of Montana and as awful as everything you stand for is, you're basically an angry guy in a shack. Scientology, on the other hand, is a multi-billion dollar institution with tentacles that reach into lots of countries. I don't think it's as powerful as many people think it is, but compared to the sorts of people I've dealt with, it is a force to be reckoned with. It has global influence and very very deep pockets.” PeopleThinkingLittlesCountryFactsHandsGuyForcePowerfulInfluenceMiddleInstitutionsAngryDollarsBillionsAwfulPocketsNaziVery DeepTrailersMontanaScientologyShackTentacles Author:Louis Theroux
“When you look at Harlem - and I lived there almost five years - most of the people who live in Harlem are transplants. They migrate to Harlem from another place. A lot of them are from the south, so they bring those southern influences with them.” PeopleYearsLooksFiveInfluenceSouthFive YearsSouthernHarlemTransplantsMigrate Author:Mike Colter
“Most of the people you look at in the early days of Harlem - the zoot suits, the music, the style of fashion, the vibrant colors - that's all influences from the south.” PeopleLooksInfluenceFashionStyleColorSouthSuitsHarlemVibrant Colors Author:Mike Colter
“Sports will always be important in global culture, and so fashion, as a reflection of cultural trends, will always incorporate influences from sports.” ImportantCultureSportsInfluenceFashionReflectionTrends Author:Giorgio Armani
“Luther exerted a strong influence on Denmark. Suddenly Danish theologians were preaching in Danish and translating the Bible into Danish.” StrongInfluenceTranslatePreachingTheologianLutherDenmarkDanish Author:Margrethe II of Denmark
“My clinical psychologist wife of 40 years has always had a close intellectual influence on me. When I was beginning to talk openly in the economics profession about irrationality in decision-making, I received a lot of criticism. Ginny would support my views and remind me that a whole other profession - psychology - studies people's irrational sides.” PeopleYearsWholeSidesDecisionViewsSupportStudyPsychologyWifeInfluenceIntellectualEconomicsCriticismProfessionDecision MakingIrrationalPsychologistIrrationalityClinicalsClinical Psychologists Author:Robert J. Shiller
“I am so profoundly aware of my lack of skill to make any material difference. I am not a doctor. I can't influence foreign policy. I can't build schools. I can't chemically engineer the protein paste that helps people with acute malnutrition. But I can talk about it, and so can you.” PeopleI CanHelpingSchoolDifferencesInfluencePolicyMaterialsSkillsDoctorsForeign PolicyEngineersProteinMalnutrition Author:Tom Hiddleston
“The Anthropocene essentially would be the time of human influence on the planet. That's controversial though, because geology is a retrospective discipline. The rocks of the Anthropocene haven't been deposited yet, really.” HumansWould BeInfluenceRocksHavensPlanetsDisciplineControversialGeologyRetrospective Author:Kenneth Lacovara
“Our own species evolved under the influence of group selection, as Darwin emphasized when he discussed the evolution of altruism.” GroupsInfluenceEvolutionSpeciesAltruismSelection Author:Elliott Sober
“[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio.” FilmInfluenceHugeRadioFrank Author:Robert Davi
“Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson. Unix was basically his, likewise C's predecessor, likewise much of the basis of Plan 9 (though Rob Pike was the real force in getting it together). And in the meantime Ken created the first computer chess master and pretty much rewrote the book on chess endgames. He is quite a phenomenon.” FirstsPersonsBookRealTogetherForceCareersPlansInfluenceMastersComputerBasesChessPhenomenonPredecessorsEndgameUnix Author:Dennis Ritchie
“I was raised with a huge Armenian influence, always hearing stories of Armenia, celebrating Armenian holidays.” StoriesInfluenceHugeRaisedHearingCelebrateHolidayArmeniansArmenia Author:Kim Kardashian
“Economic and political structures that have a far sweeping impact on the lives of billions is not outside the purview of the gospel's redemptive influence.” PoliticalInfluenceEconomicImpactStructureBillionsSweeping Author:David Kim
“Is it in the UK's interests to leave the EU? It depends on your values. The answer can't be read off of GDP statistics under various scenarios or some measures of global influence.” ValuesInterestAnswersInfluenceDependsVariousStatisticsScenariosGdp Author:Dale Jamieson
“The American journalist Barbara Ehrenreich has written about this in her book Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World (2009) . She talks about the happiness industry, the rise of medication to make us happy and of self-help books, and the influence of all this on religion. In many ways religion has become another form of self-help. We all suffer from over-exposure to positive thinking.” ThinkingWorldWayBookSelfHelpingAmericaFormSufferingDiesWrittenInfluenceSelf HelpPositive ThinkingIndustryJournalistExposureFooledMedicationBarbaraSelf Help BooksHelp Book Author:Mark Ravenhill
“There seemed to be nothing in Mao that might be called religious feeling; his judgments were reached, I believe, on the basis of reason and necessity. Because of this I think he has probably on the whole been a moderating influence in the Communist movement where life and death are concerned.” ThinkingBelieveReasonWholeFeelingsMightI BelieveReligiousInfluenceMovementJudgmentConcernedBasesLife And DeathCommunistMao Author:Edgar Snow
“Of course there are influences, of course there are things that are inspiring, but it's weird to think that I'm trying to keep a mental inventory of them and report them clearly to whomever might ask.” ThinkingTryingMightCoursesAsksInfluenceReportsInventory Author:Emily Haines
“Lily Tomlin...I used to watch reruns of Laugh-In and she was always my favorite part. She's this very unique talent and the way she does things has been a very big influence on me.” WayDoeHas BeensBigsUsedWatchesLaughingInfluenceTalentUniqueMy FavoriteLiliesRerunsUnique Talents Author:Baron Vaughn
“I think the biggest influence on the book, as far as the humor goes, comes, at least indirectly, from the men I worked with in the paper mill. Some of them could make a dog laugh.” ThinkingMenBookLaughingInfluenceDogHe ManPaperMills Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“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
“My work first engaged with the early russian avant-garde; the paintings of moholy-nagy, el lissitzky's 'prouns' and naum gabo's sculptures, but in particular with the work of kasimir malevitch - he was an early influence for me as a representative of the modern avant-garde intersection between art and design.” FirstsArtInfluenceModernDesignParticularPaintingEngagedRepresentativesSculptureAvant GardeIntersections Author:Zaha Hadid
“I live near Amish communities in northern Indiana and I have the greatest respect for such faithful people. They attempt to live their faith more fully by separating themselves, as far as possible, from the wider culture and its influences. That has never been the teaching of the Catholic faith.” PeopleCultureCommunityInfluenceTeachingCatholicFaithfulIndianaSeparatingAmishCatholic Faith Author:John I. Jenkins
“North Korea has a very striking mythology there. It is influencing the whole nation.” WholeNationsInfluenceMythologyKoreaNorth Korea Author:Werner Herzog
“What does nonalignment mean? It means we don't belong to any military bloc and that we reserve the right to be friends with any country, independently of the influence of any country. All this has remained unchanged after the signing of the Indo-Soviet treaty, and others can say or think what they like - our policy won't change because of the Soviet Union.” ThinkingMeanDoeCountryInfluenceMilitaryPolicyUnionsSovietReservesSoviet UnionTreatiesSigning Author:Indira Gandhi
“The India I want, I'll never tire of repeating, is a more just and less poor India, one entirely free of foreign influences. If I thought the country was already marching toward these objectives, I'd give up politics immediately and retire as prime minister.” IfsWantGivingCountryPoorInfluenceGiving UpIndiaObjectivesMinistersPrimeRetiringPrime MinisterTire Author:Indira Gandhi
“To the extent that we live in a postmodern world and it shapes the concrete circumstances of our daily lives, I would say postmodernism affects my work or influences my work.” WorldInfluenceCircumstancesShapesDaily LifeConcretePostmodernismPostmodern Author:Bell Hooks
“Nobody that I know really likes the feeling of having no power and not being able to influence people. But most of us aren't too conscious of what we are trying to do and get that control and that power so people end up sort of playing all kinds of unconscious manipulative games or they're sort of half aware, they have an idea of a strategy or goal they want to use and they think about it. But then in the heat of the moment, it kind of all flies out the window.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingKindIdeasEndsMomentsUseFeelingsAbleGamesGoalHalfInfluenceConsciousWindowStrategyLikesAll KindsHeatUnconsciousManipulativeInfluencing PeopleHeat Of The Moment Author:Robert Greene
“There's a very complex connection between crime and addiction, because a lot of people are committing crime to either fuel their drug habit, which they're going to do anyway, whether it's legal or not, or under the influence of drugs, which they're going to do more, if it's legal.” PeopleIfsInfluenceCrimeHabitDrugConnectionsComplexesAddictionFuelCommitting Crimes Author:Kevin Sabet
“The universe for me was other planets and other star systems and other galaxies. I enjoyed tracking it, but it had no specific influence on my ambitions for that reason. It wasn't really far enough away from Earth to matter to me.” MatterReasonEnoughEarthUniverseStarsInfluencePlanetsAmbitionEnjoyedGalaxyMy AmbitionTracking Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I know there is also the influence of television and being able to zap away so it is a weightier decision to go into the theater than it used to be. And probably attention spans are not as strong as they used to be, generally speaking.” KnowsAbleUsedStrongDecisionAttentionInfluenceTelevisionTheaterUsed To BeAttention Span Author:Michael Snow
“Along with John Hughes, he's probably the biggest influence. Would be awesome not only to meet him; he's one person I'd also definitely like to work with.” PersonsWould BeInfluence Author:Matthew Healy
“You know in fairness Gary [Johnson] and I have not agreed on a number of substantive issues in this campaign, tax policy, we've had some influence on each other, I think I've had some influence on him, on constructive engagement around the world, he's had some influence on me in criminal justice reform issues.” ThinkingKnowsWorldJusticeNumbersIssuesInfluencePolicyTaxesCriminalsCampaignsAround The WorldReformEngagementFairnessConstructiveJohnsonCriminal JusticeGary Author:William Weld
“It is only with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement that you begin to see different examinations of not only Reconstruction but slavery itself, and there is a lesson to be drawn here about how the times influence the writing of history, something that we should never forget.” ShouldWritingDifferentForgetRightsInfluenceMovementLessonsSlaveryCivil RightsNever ForgetExaminationCivil Rights MovementReconstruction Author:Gerald Horne
“In specific terms I don't think I could make any suggestions, but in general terms I believe that it is because Canadians have been under the good influences of their churches that they are a tolerant people, an understanding and patient people, so that there has been little backlash against the excesses which have happened over the decades in French and in English Canada which might turn either group off.” PeopleThinkingBelieveLittlesHas BeensMightTurnsI BelieveUnderstandingTermChurchHappenedGroupsInfluencePatientDecadesCanadaExcessSuggestionsBacklashGood Influences Author:Pierre Trudeau
“I have also been invited to talk to psychologists and psychoanalysts and I liked that very much. Because, they are the ones who are bringing a lot of very, you know, problematic ideas about sexuality and gender into psychiatric and psychological settings. And I like having some influence there.” KnowsIdeasInfluenceGenderSexualitySettingPsychologicalSettingsInvitedPsychologistPsychiatric Author:Judith Butler
“If one admits that the influence of the outside world is essentially beneficial, the lack of such influence during sleep would tend to diminish the value of our dream activity so as to render it inferior to the mental activity that takes place when we are awake, when we are exposed to these beneficial influences of surrounding reality. But how can one say that the influence of reality is exclusively beneficial. Could it not also be damaging, and could its absence not give access to qualities superior to those that we have when awake?” IfsWorldGivingDreamRealityValuesSleepQualityInfluenceActivityAbsenceAccessSuperiorsAwakeExposedInferiorsDiminishOur DreamsBeneficialOutside World Author:Erich Fromm
“The individual citizen has very little possibility of having any influence - of making his opinion felt in the decision-making.” LittlesIndividualFeltDecisionOpinionInfluencePossibilityCitizensDecision Making Author:Erich Fromm
“When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because he is a man and not on account of his ethnic origins or his religion.” MenShouldRightsInfluenceEqualAccountsJewGrantedEqual RightsCivicsHegel Author:Walter Kaufmann