My biggest influence is rap. It spoke to me, probably because of my upbringing in Christiania. You listen to 'The Chronic' and you can hear that anger and frustration.
~ Lukas Forchhammer
Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.
~ Maurice Strong
Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
~ David Ogilvy
Music moves society more than most people realize. In my opinion, it's a soft manipulator of influence and change.
~ Kim Harrison
Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.
~ Jack Kingston
Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.
~ Ivan Krastev
In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.
~ Rick Warren
I think it's pathetic that a court of law cannot be in a vacuum of the legal system, without the influence of the public threatening to do great bodily harm to people and property. It's really a pathetic statement for our country.
~ Mark Fuhrman
I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
~ Patricia Millett
Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever.
~ Lajos Kossuth
The most important influence in my childhood was my father.
~ Deforest Kelley
My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life.
~ Gareth Bale
My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.
~ Spike Milligan
My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun.
~ Wiz Khalifa
There isn't a dude outside my dad who had greater influence on my life.
~ Ta-Nehisi Coates
The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.
~ F. Sionil José
Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
~ Ulysses S. Grant
