When kids are young, before the age of ten, there is a critical window of opportunity when their habits and motivations can be influenced.

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.

“Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?”

“The world around us will continue to turn, and our surrounding environment will forever play a role in influencing our lives.”

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior.

The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.

I am a cypher...I carry no weight, no worth, no influence. I represent nothing. I do not exist.

We all steal, but if we're smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call it influence.