“The disproportionate influence they have in the media, in libraries, in museums, but especially on college campuses means that I think anyone would be wise to take the left seriously, meaning that they are a massive force in our society because they occupy positions of influence disproportionate to their actual numbers.”

“Britain has to decide whether it's trying to influence the individual or influence the environment that has allowed this radicalism to exist. The key to success is changing the environment to make radical Islam completely unacceptable. . . . It's not just draining the swamp. You have to poison the sea.”

“France is looking for more economic expansion in Thailand and the region. Politically, this is also a new area to compete to get influence. The United States, China and India are now competing for political influence in ASEAN, and France, a leading European country, does not want to be left out.”

“You have to think of Latin food as a couple of culinary superpowers: the Caribbean-African influence and the Central American corn, rice and beans. And from South America comes fresh seafood; Peru, the birthplace of potatoes; and in Chile and Argentina, you see the European influence.”

“We're all - especially myself - influenced by old-school music, but we all listen to some new-school stuff as well. Those influences of ours, we just soak them up, and they just come out in our writing and our performances.”

“But in reality, in the long term, it does become a destructive influence in lives as it begins to consume more and more.”

“The prosecutors will want to make sure that the prospective jurors won't be intimidated or influenced by her celebrity status.”

“Many households have two working spouses, so there are time pressures that influence food purchases.”

“Governors obviously have limited influence other than over their own state [gas] taxes.”

“Somebody like Chavez sees China as the counterpart to the U.S.. They see it as a way to diversify their sources of influence.”