I never met your likeness. Jane: you please me, and you master me - you seem to submit, and I like the sense of pliancy you impart; and while I am twining the soft, silken skein round my finger, it sends a thrill up my arm to my heart. I am influenced - conquered; and the influence is sweeter than I can express; and the conquest I undergo has a witchery beyond any triumph _I_ can win.
“The color and the forms suggest these kind of associations. I was really impressed when I first came up here. One of the things that really influenced the piece is the energy from the public art committee and the community.”
“They know what they're looking for. Regardless if Dan was here today or not, I had a job to do to convince them that I'm the right guy. Dan being in there, how big of an influence that will be, I don't know.”
“As early as last week, ... the World Health Organization sent a strong message ..... saying to take actions that would influence trade is sending a clear message to everyone that you shouldn't be looking for [the virus] very hard.”
“Citations are an acknowledgement of intellectual debt - a direct demonstration of influence in a given subject area. Researchers who have accumulated such credits from their peers are also often nominated for prizes and other honors, such as the Nobel Prize.”
“Cisco is very strong where they have account control and where they have a lot of network equipment. Where Cisco's influence is weaker is in any organization where the security department is more dominant in selecting products.”
“I've talked to (Ringo) a couple of times. He's concerned with undue influence by the timber industry on the work that the college does. He's concerned with my personal political involvement, in regard to helping develop forest legislation.”
“We're not overly influenced by anybody. As a land grant university, we have an obligation to be relevant to everybody that's engaged in forest resources, to make sure that our education, research and outreach programs are relevant to their needs.”
“If you idolize someone for their accomplishments, and those accomplishments spurn you on to make gains in your own life, then admiring a celebrity can have a positive influence on your ambition, or even your mental health.”
“I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves.”