“Genes are not simple triggers. No one is hardwired to commit murder or any other crime. Our actions are always the result of stupendously complex gene-environment interactions, and environment is likely to remain the more important influence by far.” ImportantActionSimpleResultsEnvironmentInfluenceCrimeMurderComplexesCommitGenesInteractionOur ActionsTriggers Author:William Landay
“My job the same as carpenter. What kind of house you want to build? What kind of food you want to make? You think your ingredients, your structure. Simple. [Other] Japanese restaurants … mix in some other style of food and call it influence, right? I don't like that. … In Japanese sushi restaurants, a lot of sushi chefs talk too much. 'This fish from there,' 'This very expensive.' Same thing, start singing. And a lot have that fish case in front of them, cannot see what chef do. I'm not going to hide anything, right?” ThinkingWantKindJobsHouseSimpleCasesToo MuchInfluenceStyleFrontsSingingStructureFishesRestaurantsExpensiveIngredientsChefMake You ThinkCarpenterSushi Author:Masa Takayama
“This priesthood became a closed group, able to control enormous wealth and incomes, and concerned very largely with the study of the solar and astronomical periodicities on which there influence was originally based. With the surplus thus created, the priesthood was able to command human labor in huge amounts and to direct this labor from the simple tillage of the peasant peoples to the diversified and specialized activities that constitute civilized living.” HumansAbleWealthSimpleStudyGroupsInfluenceHugeAmountActivityConcernedLaborDirectEnormousIncomeCommandCivilizedPeasantsPriesthoodSurplusPeriodicity Author:Carroll Quigley
“The art of British Columbia's native Indians played a big role in inspiring my creativity... the simplicity of the images, the graciousness of the lines and curves, and the emotional impact of the bright simple primary colours.” ArtBigsLinesSimpleRolesCreativityInfluenceEmotionalImpactSimplicityBritishPrimariesColourNativeCurvesColumbiaGraciousnessBritish Columbia Author:Joe Average
“Ireland is not at all a simple place, and in many ways it is spare and sad. It has no wealth, no power, no stability, no influence, no fashion, no size. Its only real arts are song and drama and poem. But Limerick alone has two thousand ruined castles and surely that many practicing poets.” WayArtTwoRealSongWealthSimpleInfluenceFashionPoetDramaThousandSizeStabilityIrelandSparesRuinedCastlesLimerick Book:The feminine eye Source: The feminine eye
“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.” YearsMaySaidDoneCharacterThreeJesusSimplePracticeVirtueRecordsInfluenceMankindHighestPatternsPhilosopherActiveStrongestThree YearsIncentivesMoralistActive Life Author:Ravi Zacharias
“They [Arabs] wanted to catch up with the modern world. The West appreciated that, but was more interested in colonies, markets, and spheres of influence. Such is the way in which historical forces operate: the give and take between nations, as between cultures, is no simple exchange” WorldWayGivingWantedCultureForceNationsSimpleInfluenceModernHistoricalWestSpheresAppreciatedModern WorldColonyGive And TakeSphere Of Influence Author:Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
“Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food! Everything else - power, influence, strength - all those things can overpower what's important in life. But as long as you have food and shelter over your head, if the necessities are taken care of, what makes us happy on top of that is very simple.” IfsLongImportantCareSexSimpleTakenInfluenceOver YouShelterWhat's ImportantSimple Love Author:Meryl Streep
“Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all don't make feel good movies, same as me, and their films are always visually simple but beautiful (and I hope mine are!).” FeelsBeautifulFilmThreeSimpleInfluenceMinesDirectorsFeel GoodGood MovieDanishDarren Author:Chika Anadu
“The rich, the well-born, and the able, acquire an influence among the people that will soon be too much for simple honesty and plain sense, in a house of representatives. The most illustrious of them must, therefore, be separated from the mass, and placed by themselves in a senate; this is, to all honest and useful intents, an ostracism.” PeopleWellsAbleHouseBornSimpleRichToo MuchInfluenceHonestHonestyMassSimplicityAcquireSenateRepresentativesHouse Of RepresentativesOstracism Book:The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections Source: The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections
“The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature. . . . [In] the formation of the American governments . . . it will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the influence of heaven. . . . These governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the senses.” FirstsPersonsStatesReasonUseGovernmentAmericaReligionHeavenChurchSimpleUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesAtheismInfluenceExampleDegreesSeparationSensesInterviewsSecularUnited States Of AmericaEmployedChurch And StateFormationSeparation Of Church And StateOur Founding FathersFounding Fathers ChristianState GovernmentUs Founding FathersSeparation Between Church And StateFounding Fathers ReligiousAmerican GovernmentReligion GodChristian ChurchConstitution Of The United StatesFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaAmerican Founding FathersFounding Fathers AtheistDeismReligion ChristianChristian FatherUnited States GovernmentReligion And GovernmentAmerican Constitution Author:John Adams
“Big money buys access in Washington, and access purchases influence. It is as simple as that. And they have basically given a green light, a further green light, after Citizens United, to the biggest money to have the bigger voice in our politics, and to sound out and drown out the voice of just ordinary citizens.” BigsLightGivenSoundVoiceSimpleUnitedInfluenceCitizensOrdinaryBiggerGreenAccessOrdinary CitizensGreen LightsCitizens United Author:Mark Shields
“The influence exercised over the human mind by apt analogies is and has always been immense. Whether they translate an established truth into simple language or whether they adventurously aspire to reveal the unknown, they are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.” MindHumansLanguageSimpleInfluenceWeaponsHuman MindImmenseTranslateAspireAnalogiesFormidable Author:Winston Churchill
“Secularism is categorically not saying that the religious may not speak out publicly or have a say in public life. It is about saying that religion alone should not confer a privileged say in public life, or greater influence on it. It really is as simple as that.” ShouldMaySpeakReligiousSimpleGreaterInfluencePrivilegedSecularismPublic LifeSpeaks Out Author:Richard Dawkins
“A hallmark of high performance leaders is the ability to influence others through all levels and types of communication, from simple interactions to difficult conversations and more complex conflicts, in order to achieve greater team and organizational alignment. High performing leaders are able to unite diverse team members by building common goals and even shared emotions by engaging in powerful and effective dialogue.” AbleOrderDifficultGoalSimpleAbilityLevelsPowerfulCommonEmotionLeaderGreaterTeamInfluenceAchieveBuildingCommunicationTypeConversationConflictMembersPerformancesComplexesDialoguePerformingInteractionDiverseEngagingAlignmentHallmarkOrganizationalTeam MemberCommon GoalDifficult ConversationsDiverse Teams Author:George Kohlrieser
“Akon is a very talented songwriter to work with. His melodies, they're just insane. It's funny, I think about him a lot when I'm doing my melodies because he's so simple, and he's just been great. He keeps me on my feet, very grounded, but he also puts me on a silver platter, which is always very nice. So it's been an incredible influence. It's like every time you work with somebody that's better that you are, you become greater.” ThinkingSimpleGreaterNiceFeetInfluenceIncrediblesInsaneSilverMelodySongwritersGroundedVery NiceSilver Platter Author:Lady Gaga
“Astrologers are influenced by theosophy, so they say, "That is very simple, it is just vibration!" ... But what is vibration? They say it is light energy, perhaps electricity, they are not quite informed. At all events the vibrations that could influence us have never been seen, so it remains just a word.” LightEnergySimpleInfluenceEventsRemainsElectricityAstrologyVibrations Author:Carl Jung
“I have removed a lot of negative influence in my life and try to surround myself with positive people. I have a much more simple life than the old days.” PeopleTryingSimpleInfluenceNegativeSurroundSimple LifeOld DaysPositive PeopleNegative Influence Author:Matt Sorum
“We all act on what we know, what we see, what we are told and how we feel. The simple fact of the matter is that not a single one of us operates under identical influences. That is why the future is always uncertain.” KnowsFeelsMatterFactsSimpleInfluenceUncertainIdentical Author:Mark Hodder