Quotes About Significant Influence

#1. I would like to thank those who spoke boldly against the 'gay marriage float' in the 2014 Rose Parade. Apparently, that vigorous opposition came from perhaps millions of people, and it had a significant influence on how the matter was handled on network and cable television.

James Dobson

#2. It seems to me that anything that can be taught to another is relatively inconsequential, and has little or no significant influence on behavior.

Carl R. Rogers

#3. By far, the most determining factor of any brand is the product or the service the company produces. Branding companies have very rarely any significant influence on that, but it is, of course, in their interest to amplify their importance.

Stefan Sagmeister

#4. There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.

P. J. O'Rourke

#5. The more gaps a leader can bridge, the more significant influence she or he can make.

Pearl Zhu

#6. I am extremely proud of everything I have achieved as a cricketer, and I have found myself very fortunate to play in an era when some of English cricket's greatest moments have occurred.

Andrew Strauss

#7. A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives.

Jackie Robinson

#8. Lots of my friends and family belong to churches, and some of them are part of the so-called Christian Right. In this preacher, I wanted to show a good man struggling to reconcile his commitment to the community with the political agenda of his church. He does not see that as a dilemma, but I do.

Lanford Wilson

#9. My head was level with hers as we stared at each other from opposite sides of the glass. I don't remember how it ended - if I went to bed or she did. In my memory, it doesn't end. We just stay there, looking at each other, forever.

John Green

#10. Leonard Bernstein was probably the most significant formative influence on me - he was such an encompassing musician. I spent my teenage years absorbing him, and my other interests stemmed off of that. Bernstein led me to Sondheim and to Gershwin, and Sondheim led me to listening to Joni Mitchell.

Jason Robert Brown

#11. People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

Confucius

#12. Flower of this purple dye, Hit with Cupid's archery, Sink in apple of his eye.

William Shakespeare

#13. His love for her made her feel like she was wearing sunglasses even when she wasn't.

J. Ryan Stradal

#14. The respect for human rights is one of the most significant advantages of a free and democratic nation in the peaceful struggle for influence, and we should use this good weapon as effectively as possible.

Jimmy Carter

#15. Everything we have comes from (God's) hands; even if we worked for it or earned it, He still gave us the ability and the opportunity to do it.

Billy Graham

#16. Be yourself. Know your proportions. And have a good tailor.

RuPaul

#17. Eating chocolate can have significant influences on mood, generally leading to an increase in pleasant feelings and a reduction in tension.

Peter Rogers

#18. I might sing a gospel song in Arabic or do something in Hebrew. I want to mix it up and do it differently than one might imagine.

Stevie Wonder

#19. Why do we keep focusing on the minutiae, not the possible significant large events, in spite of the obvious evidence of their huge influence?

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#20. Start looking for joy and you'll find it.

Norman Vincent Peale

#21. You looked ridiculous walking around the city carrying an empty wineglass. I don't care to be associated with a drunk. Particularly one who damages glassware.

Danielle L. Jensen

#22. I feel like when people judge me they're not judging me, because they don't know who I am.

Gisele Bundchen

#23. To the extent that the United States has, I don't like the word hegemony, the United States has influence around the world, I don't think that's based on to any significant degree on the fact that countries use the dollar as their major reserve.

Robert C. Solomon