“My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old.” YearsHas BeensDifferentInfluenceListsStanleyAces Author:Mike McCready
“I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.” PeopleLittlesSaidDifferentNiceInfluenceDirectorsHypothetical Author:Andrew Sarris
“The interaction between math and physics is a two-way process, with each of the two subjects drawing from and inspiring the other. At different times, one of them may take the lead in developing a particular idea, only to yield to the other subject as focus shifts. But altogether, the two interact in a virtuous circle of mutual influence.” WayMayTwoIdeasDifferentProcessFocusInfluenceSubjectsParticularMathDrawingPhysicsCirclesDevelopingMutualYieldInteractionVirtuousTwo WaysDifferent TimesLead In Author:Edward Frenkel
“You may be pulling from different influences because of different things that are going on in your life, different people that are around you and more experiences to pull from.” PeopleMayDifferentInfluenceDifferent ThingsPullingDifferent Peoples Author:Zac Hanson
“The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance for this mystery. Influence is like Scotch; it's good to know your personal limit.” KnowsArtDifferentSelfArtistLevelsMysteryInfluenceBalanceLimitsArt IsTolerancePursuitDelicateDifferent LevelsScotchAssertivenessPersonal Limits Author:Robert Genn
“Always my collections are made of different influences.” MadeDifferentInfluenceCollections Author:Jean Paul Gaultier
“The power of a free people is often at the disposal of a single and seemingly an unimportant individual; a terrible and truthful power; for such a people feel with one heart, and therefore can lift up their myriad arms for a single blow. And, again, there is no graduated scale for the measurement of the influences of different intellects upon the popular mind. Peter the Hermit held no office, yet what a work he wrought!” PeopleFeelsMindHeartDifferentIndividualInfluenceArmsTerribleOfficeBlowIntellectScalesLiftsPeterTruthfulMeasurementUnimportantHermits Book:Morals and Dogma Source: Morals and Dogma
“We would not - from here - counsel anyone to be guided by influences from without. ... If these come as in inspirational writings from within, and not as guidance from others - that is different ... the inspirational may develop the soul of the individual, while the automatic may rarely reach beyond the force that is guiding or directing.” IfsWritingMayDifferentSoulIndividualForceInfluenceGuidance Author:Edgar Cayce
“Let us build a structure of peace in the world in which the weak are as safe as the strong in which each respects the right of the other to live by a different system in which those who would influence others will do so by the strength of their ideas, and not by the force of their arms. Let us accept that high responsibility not as a burden, but gladly gladly because the chance to build such a peace is the noblest endeavor in which a nation can engage.” WorldIdeasDifferentStrongForceNationsPeaceChanceResponsibilityAcceptingInfluenceArmsSafeWeakStructureBurdenLive ByEndeavor Author:Richard M. Nixon
“You don't know the things in your childhood that influence you. You can't possibly know them. People today try to analyze the early environment and the reasons for something that happened, but if you look at children of the same family -- children who have identical parents, go to identical schools, have an almost identical upbringing, and yet who have totally different experiences and neuroses -- you realize that what influences the children is not so much the obvious externals as their emotional experiences. Of course any psychiatrist knows that.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingLooksChildrenDifferentReasonTodaySchoolCoursesParentRealizingEnvironmentHappenedInfluenceChildhoodEmotionalObviousYour ChildrenIdenticalPsychiatristUpbringingNeurosisDifferent Experiences Author:Louis Auchincloss
“I think it is a very natural tendency for the nations to increase their influence in the international space, as they pursue their international relations with different countries.” ThinkingDifferentCountryNationsNaturalSpaceInfluenceIncreaseRelationInternationalTendenciesPursueInternational RelationsDifferent Countries Author:Narendra Modi
“How Human beings are, that is how the society will be. So, creating human beings who are flexible and willing to look at everything rather than being stuck in their ideas and opinions definitely makes for a different kind of society. And the very energy that such human being carry will influence everything around them.” HumansLooksKindIdeasDifferentEnergyHuman BeingsOpinionInfluenceWillingCreatingStuckDifferent KindsFlexible Author:Jaggi Vasudev
“People have different emotional levels. Especially when you're young. Back then I guess most of my influences could be thought of as eccentric. Mass media had no overwhelming reach so I was drawn to the traveling performers passing through.” PeopleDifferentYoungLevelsInfluenceMediaEmotionalMassPassingPassingsPerformersOverwhelmingEccentricMass MediaPassing Through Author:Bob Dylan
“Everyone's different, but it was fun for me to work with Garth Hudson. He's from 'The Band.' They are a massive influence, that was a big thrill. He's completely out of his mind.” MindDifferentBigsFunInfluenceBandMassiveThrill Author:Teddy Thompson
“If I were a doctor nobody would be inviting me to talk to reservations. I'd be a different person. Writers can influence more people.” PeopleIfsPersonsDifferentWould BeInfluenceDoctorsInvitingReservations Author:Sherman Alexie
“Even if the constants which economists wish to determine were less numerous, and the method of experiment more accessible, we should still be faced with the fact that the constants themselves are different at different times. The gravitation constant is the same always. But the economic constants-these elasticities of demand and supply-depending, as they do, upon human consciousness, are liable to vary. The constitution of the atom, as it were, and not merely its position, changes under the influence of environment.” IfsShouldHumansStillsDifferentFactsWishConsciousnessEnvironmentInfluenceEconomicPositionDemandConstitutionMethodConstantDetermineExperimentsAtomsEconomistVaryLiableDifferent TimesHuman ConsciousnessGravitationElasticity Author:Arthur Cecil Pigou
“Since I've been in an actor, I've lived in Italy, in London, in Stockholm - I had the fortune of working in different locations. If you live someplace long enough, you acquire slightly different systems of thought, and it influences your outlook on life. I just slowly adapted the way I speak.” IfsWayLongDifferentEnoughActorsSpeakInfluenceFortuneLondonAcquireLocationOutlookAdaptedOutlook On LifeStockholm Author:Matthew Settle
“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.” DifferentInfluenceStyleAlbumsDifferent Styles Author:John Legend
“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.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindDifferentSoulUsedInfluenceJazzHip HopHearingHipsAlternativesGenreClassicHopsNot AfraidDifferent GenresBrazilian Music Author:John Legend
“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.” DifferentInfluenceTricksCatchy Author:Chuck Comeau
“I think of consciousness as a bottomless lake, whose waters seem transparent, yet into which we can clearly see but a little way.But in this water there are countless objects at different depths; and certain influences will give certain kinds of those objects an upward influence which may be intense enough and continue long enough to bring them into the upper visible layer. After the impulse ceases they commence to sink downwards.” ThinkingWayGivingKindMayLittlesLongDifferentEnoughSeemsCertainWaterConsciousnessInfluenceObjectsDepthCeaseIntenseImpulseVisibleLakesLayersTransparent Book:Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce Source: Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce
“It is conceivable that animal life might have the attribute of using the heat of surrounding matter, at its natural temperature, as a source of energy for mechanical effect . . . .The influence of animal or vegetable life on matter is infinitely beyond the range of any scientific enquiry hitherto entered on. Its power of directing the motions of moving particles, in the demonstrated daily miracle of our human free-will, and in the growth of generation after generation of plants from a single seed, are infinitely different from any possible result of the fortuitous concurrence of atoms.” HumansDifferentMatterMightMovingEnergyGrowthNaturalAnimalResultsGenerationsInfluenceEffectsSourceMiraclePlantSeedsRangeHeatFree WillAttributesAtomsVegetablesParticlesTemperatureAnimal LifeEnquiryFortuitousConcurrenceDaily Miracles Author:Lord Kelvin
“I want be an entertainer that doesn't just work in one specific field, but a variety of things. If I become an artist that influences people in many different directions and aspects, I think I would be satisfied for having achieved my biggest goal.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantDifferentWould BeArtistGoalInfluenceFieldsAspectSatisfiedVarietyEntertainersDifferent DirectionsInfluencing People Author:Min
“My father was able to play a number of musical instruments and I fell in love with classical music in my teens and I allowed it to influence me. I like to think I took and still do from classical music and various techniques, I have made classical albums and recorded seven different pieces of Bach on different albums and its all music too me.” ThinkingMadeStillsDifferentPlayAbleFatherNumbersPiecesInfluenceInstrumentsSevenMusicalAlbumsVariousTechniqueTeensClassical MusicMusical Instruments Author:Steve Hackett
“Every time I come with an album I try to do something different and obviously my life has an influence on how I feel and the type of message I want to give with the music.” WantGivingFeelsTryingDifferentInfluenceTypeMessagesAlbums Author:David Guetta
“I've basically been able to do everything, I basically run my own career and the decisions I make - whether it's how I'm gonna roll out music, how I'm gonna play on tours, different strategies for releasing and marketing things - and that comes from being college educated and someone who's interested in that side of the business rather than only the music. If anything I think that's where the biggest direct influence comes from.” IfsThinkingDifferentPlayRunningAbleSidesMy OwnDecisionCareersInfluenceCollegeDirectStrategyMarketingEducated Author:Hoodie Allen
“I believe in free love and that's just how I feel. It's just my experience of being with different kinds of men and being born without a preference for a certain type of person. For me, that is my story in finding love in lots of different people, and that's been the second biggest influence in my music.” PeopleMenFeelsBelieveKindPersonsDifferentStoriesCertainI BelieveBornInfluenceTypeFindingsI Believe InDifferent KindsPreferenceDifferent PeoplesFinding LoveFree Love Author:Lana Del Rey
“I think the equipment you use has a real, visible influence on the character of your photography. You're going to work differently, and make different kinds of pictures, if you have to set up a view camera on a tripod than if you're Lee Friedlander with handheld 35 mm rangefinder. But fundamentally, vision is not about which camera or how many megapixels you have, it's about what you find important. It's all about ideas.” IfsThinkingKindImportantIdeasDifferentRealCharacterUseViewsVisionInfluencePhotographyCamerasVisibleDifferent KindsEquipmentGoing To WorkTripods Author:Keith Carter
“The American influence is not so aggressive anymore. The American big business influence in Latin America is not as strong, so people can vote and they can have a different life than before. They can have more liberal, more interesting, and more democratic governments.” PeopleDifferentBigsGovernmentAmericaStrongInterestingInfluenceVoteDemocraticLatinAggressiveLatin AmericaBig BusinessDifferent LifeDemocratic Government Author:Costa-Gavras
“Your inspiration is better if it comes from many different sources and your sensibilities will transform all those influences and inspiration into your own visual world. It's like reading the book instead of watching the movie.” IfsWorldBookDifferentInspirationReadingInfluenceSourceVisualsSensibility Author:Peter Lindbergh
“My earliest influences would definitely be my father, just seeing him play in different bands and going to his shows and going to the rehearsals. You know what I'm saying, it was the typical story of a son looking up to his dad. So the years that my father was around, my father was my biggest influence.” KnowsYearsDifferentPlayStoriesShowsFatherSeeingInfluenceSonDadBandTypicalRehearsal Author:Jon Connor
“Yes, I am optimistic about the environment. If you assume business is exerting the most negative influence on the environment and also has the possibility to impact it positively, there are a bunch of forces that are impacting business that are fundamentally different from the situation 3 or 4 years ago.” IfsYearsDifferentForceBusinessSituationEnvironmentInfluencePossibilityNegativeYears AgoImpactAssumingBunchOptimisticPositivelyNegative Influence Author:Jeffrey Hollender
“Sometimes the things I learn making paintings or drawings - composition, colour, expressionism, texture - can directly influence the making of a film. Sometimes it's great that they are different, and simply taking a break from one medium to spend time with another, recharges the batteries and I feel refreshed.” FeelsDifferentSometimesFilmBreakInfluencePaintingDrawingMediumsColourCompositionEnd TimesSpend TimeTextureBatteriesExpressionismTaking A Break Author:Dave McKean
“So I was drawing in a lot of the habit district in Brazil, put that together with an Asian influence, so there are a lot of different things in terms of architecture which assisted in the construction. Then every sci-fi movie I've grown up with from 'Blade Runner' to 'Aliens' and 'Star Wars.'"” DifferentWarTogetherStarsTermInfluenceHabitArchitectureDrawingAliensDifferent ThingsSci FiConstructionRunnersBladesAsianBrazilBlade RunnerSci Fi Movie Author:Len Wiseman
“By speech first, but far more by writing, man has been able to put something of himself beyond death. In tradition and in books an integral part of the individual persists, for it can influence the minds and actions of other people in different places and at different times: a row of black marks on a page can move a man to tears, though the bones of him that wrote it are long ago crumbled to dust.” PeopleMenWritingMindFirstsLongHas BeensBookDifferentAbleActionMovingIndividualBlackInfluenceTearsSpeechPagesTraditionMarkIndividualityBonesDustLong AgoPersistDifferent PlaceDifferent Times Author:Julian Huxley
“Being a good Hans Haacke student, part of his influence on me is that there's no difference between a gallery show and a film - or even an ad and a T-shirt-in terms of cultural legitimacy. They're just different contexts in which to have some sort of communication.” DifferentShowsFilmTermDifferencesInfluenceStudentsCommunicationShirtsAdsT ShirtGalleryLegitimacy Author:Mike Mills
“I love seeing my characters big up there and I would have liked to have reached a different public in movies from my television public. There's still a part of me that wishes that my character range could be seen on the big screen. Rather, as Rod Steiger was, because he was a big influence on me - about becoming other people and not worrying about your own glory or self esteem but sacrificing yourself to become somebody else.” PeopleStillsDifferentSelfCharacterBigsWishWorrySeeingSacrificeInfluenceSelf EsteemTelevisionBecomingGloryScreensEsteemRangeBig ScreenNot WorryingSacrificing Yourself Author:David Suchet
“The law has been perverted through the influence of two very different causes-naked greed and misconceived philanthropy.” Has BeensTwoDifferentLawCausesInfluenceGreedNakedPhilanthropy Author:Frederic Bastiat
“I worked really hard to develop me as an artist and as a musician. I have so many different influences and play so many different instruments, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me!” ThinkingDifferentHardPlayArtistInfluenceMusicianInstruments Author:Elle King
“I don't think we're totally responsible. But you know, all the bands said it, that we did. Even Courtney Love said that. Anyway, Courtney called her band Hole, get it? Slits? Hole? So it's pretty clear we were an influence on all of them, but I'm not really sure how far it goes. I was on a different planet at the time.” ThinkingKnowsSaidDifferentClearInfluencePlanetsBandResponsibleHolesSlitsCourtney Author:Ari Up
“I grew up with probably three different authors having a seminal influence on my childhood, Dr. Seuss being one and Maurice Sendak being another. That was my parents, who exposed me to their stories. That's how I was introduced to the whole idea of not just reading, but storytelling in general.” IdeasDifferentWholeStoriesThreeReadingParentInfluenceChildhoodGrewGrew UpStorytellingExposedDrs Author:Christopher Meledandri
“Method acting has had a major influence both in writing through the eyes of other people, and seeing through the eyes of other people, trying to address different ideas in a way that would go beyond preaching to the choir.” PeopleWayWritingTryingIdeasDifferentEyeActingSeeingInfluenceMajorsMethodAddressesPreachingChoirThrough The EyesDifferent IdeasMethod ActingPreaching To The Choir Author:Jello Biafra
“I have a lot of different influences. Everything from Maroon 5, Gwen Stefani, The Clash, Kanye West - just a lot of different artists.” DifferentArtistInfluenceWestClashMaroonMaroon 5 Author:Brie Larson
“I work in several different groups of pictures which act on and with each other - ranging from several abstracted manners to a form for the surreal. I have been called a preacher - but, in reality, I'm more generally philosophical. I have never made an abstracted photograph without content. An educated background in Zen influences all of my photographs. It has been said that my work resembles, more closely than any photographer, Le Douanier Rousseau - working in a fairly isolated area and feeding mostly on myself - I feel that I am a primitive photographer.” FeelsHas BeensMadeSaidDifferentRealityFormGroupsInfluenceAreasPhilosophicalPhotographerPhotographBackgroundsEducatedMannersIsolatedPreacherPrimitiveFeedingSurreal Author:Ralph Eugene Meatyard
“Well, Peter Rowan and I had plans to form a band when he left Bill Monroe. I always thought it was going to be a bluegrass band, but I guess when Peter left Bill Monroe he had had enough of bluegrass. He had written some songs and of course the Beatles were a big influence back then. So, we decided to something different and it ended up being that.” WellsDifferentEnoughBigsFormSongCoursesLeftPlansWrittenInfluenceBandDecidedBillsPeterHad EnoughBluegrass Author:David Grisman
“Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts; I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.” ThinkingLooksDifferentGrowing UpCuttingGrowingInfluenceSuitsElegantBrooklynDressed UpHaitiDifferent LooksMash Up Author:Wyclef Jean
“Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What do I want this person to do that's different from what he or she is currently doing? If we ask only this first question, punishment may seem effective because the threat or exercise of punitive force may well influence the person's behavior. However, with the second question, it becomes evident that punishment isn't likely to work: What do I want this person's reasons to be for doing what I'm asking?” IfsWantFirstsWellsMayPersonsTwoDifferentReasonHelpingSeemsAsksForceInfluenceExerciseBehaviorAskingThreatPunishmentEvidentUnlikely Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“The forces that affect our lives, the influences that mold and shape us, are often like whispers in a different room, teasingly indistinct, apprehended only with difficulty.” DifferentForceRoomsOur LivesInfluenceShapesDifficultyMold Author:Charles Dickens
“I like people like Ani DiFranco, a band called Elbow, of course John Lennon, George Harrison, Barry White. I have a lot of different influences and hopefully they all come together and make some sense.” PeopleDifferentTogetherCoursesWhiteInfluenceBandHopefullyElbowsLennon Author:Billy Boyd
“We have reached a stage where governments and political processes have been hijacked by the corporate world. Corporations can within five hours influence the vote in the U.S. Congress. They can influence the entire voting patterns of the Indian Parliament. Ordinary people who put governments in power might want to go in a different direction. I call this the phenomenon of the inverted state, where the state is no longer accountable to the people. The state only serves the interests of corporations.” PeopleWorldWantHas BeensDifferentStatesGovernmentMightPoliticalProcessInterestHoursFiveInfluenceStageOrdinaryVoteCongressPatternsIndianCorporateCorporationsVotingPhenomenonParliamentOrdinary PeopleDifferent DirectionsCorporate WorldInverted Author:Vandana Shiva