It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances. – Thomas Reid
Female influence came from my grandmother and my aunt. They would sing Corsican love songs while cleaning the house and dress all in black and say melodramatic things like: ‘I want to die.’ – Vincent Cassel
Nineties hip-hop was a big influence for me; it still is. I love ’90s everything. And it’s when I was born, too. I’m a ’90s kid for sure. – Tori Kelly
One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture’s influence on the rest of the world. – Yael Stone
The capacity to influence radical groups can diminish significantly once they are viewed as indispensable coalition partners and are able to intimidate the electorate with the authority of the state behind them. – Tzipi Livni
Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life. – Tom Glavine
The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs. – Thomas Sydenham
The closest things to an influence would be people like Charlie Watts or Al Jackson. But I didn’t really listen to drummers; I basically played what I thought was needed for the Ramones. – Tommy Ramone
My current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff like that; I tried to stay on the outside of them or anybody that had that kind of influence. – Taylor Dayne
The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring. – Walter Gropius
All my siblings being all different ages meant I got exposed to music that was 20-30 years older than me. And that was a big influence. – Zac Brown
Country music was the music I was brought up on. It’s the music that’s closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it’s always been a big influence on my own songwriting. – Teddy Thompson
Growing up, as much as country was a big influence in my life, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and Led Zeppelin were such a close second. My first concert ever was the Rolling Stones in Denver. I snuck a camera backstage and filmed Mick Jagger during sound-check. – Thomas Rhett
A lot of the questions raised about television’s power and influence on events have applied throughout history to every mass-communications medium – most particularly print, because that’s the medium we’ve had the longest. – Walter Cronkite
Nor is it that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it. – William Kingdon Clifford
Landscape is more than flat land covered by floodwater, the seeping of peat bogs, a river of liquid pewter viewed from a sentry tower. It’s an influence on what a person values, what she is willing to sacrifice or argue for. – Susan Vreeland
The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey. – Safak Pavey
Of course, women have long exercised influence behind the scenes. A few thousand years ago this drove Aristotle to distraction: ‘What difference does it make whether women rule or the rulers are ruled by women? The result is the same.’ – Stacy Schiff
Corporations that are formed for the purpose of earning profits do not have the constitutionally protected rights that natural citizens have. They should not spend their corporate dollars, Treasury dollars, to influence outcome of elections. – Ted Deutch
I have certain guys who I looked up to. Jordan, Kobe, those guys. Passing that on to doing my part to kind of keep that influence of basketball where it should be is kind of why I play the game. – Stephen Curry
That’s what I so admired about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Their music wasn’t a big influence on me. It was their character, their individual styles, what they were like as people. They weren’t afraid to stick out. – Shelby Lynne
Part of me still feels like I’ve never had the opportunity to properly express all my earliest influences, so for now, I find isolation to be my biggest influence. – Sturgill Simpson
Acquiring Sunseeker deepens Wanda’s international influence and represents an important step forward for the development of the business. – Wang Jianlin
The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert. – Zach Wamp
The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone. – Stephen Gardiner