Teachers influence more by what they are, what they do, what they represent and what they believe than by what they teach and preach.

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.

I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process.

I love '70s organic architecture. I am very influenced by the time when I grew up.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

... We [can't] escape the influence of sin in the world, but [do] we have to pay money to see and hear it firsthand?

Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion.

In order for people to live their own lives and fulfill their destiny, they must differentiate themselves from destructive environmental influences.

Never make fun of people who are different...unless they have more money, power and influence. Then you must.

If then the question is put to me whether I would rather have a miserable ape for a grandfather or a man highly endowed by nature and possessed of great means of influence and yet employs these faculties and that influence for the mere purpose of introducing ridicule into a grave scientific discussion, I unhesitatingly affirm my preference for the ape.