Your Surroundings Influence You Quotes

#1. Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has passed on its migrations, and the people with whom it came into contact, must be considered.

Franz Boas

#2. The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.

Abbas Kiarostami

#3. I have never ever Googled myself; in fact I think the Christian right prohibits such things.

Tom Robbins

#4. I'm nothing you can catch now. I am black powder, I am singe, I am the bomb that bursts the night.

A.M. Homes

#5. In the meantime the groans changed into the protracted, thunderous roar by which all living creatures are struck with terror, and the nerves of people, who do not know what fear is, shake, just as the window-panes rattle from distant cannonading.

Henryk Sienkiewicz

#6. Of comic novels that have quaffed the elixir of 'classic': Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm.

Cynthia Ozick

#7. Don't make excuses - make improvements!

Tyra Banks

#8. In democratic countries, however opulent a man is supposed to be, he is almost always discontented with his fortune, because he finds that he is less rich than his father was, and he fears that his sons will be less rich than himself.

Alexis De Tocqueville

#9. There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind.

Ivor Novello

#10. My mom is one of 14 children. She's a great lady. She's a Taurus. Has been a profound influence in my life, still is to this day. Born in meager surroundings in rural South Carolina.

Julius Erving

#11. Never mind 'near death experiences.' Try having a 'near life experience.' Much more interesting.

Art Hochberg

#12. England, so long mistress of the sea, Where winds and waves confess her sovereignty, Her ancient triumphs yet on high shall bear And reign the sovereign of the conquered air.

Thomas Gray

#13. If you weren't such a great man, you'd be a terrible bore.

William Ewart Gladstone

#14. I really do believe in the influence of your surroundings.

Matt Sharp

#15. Huge imbalance in power has resulted in the alienation, rage, fury, and awful amoral terrorism that has erupted and is erupting at the present time. And in order to counter this, we need to make the compassionate voice of religion and morality a dynamic force in our world.

Karen Armstrong