I would like the Medical Society to be one of the resources for information about the influences that have an impact on our patients and our practices.

There is no doubt that as a society we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.

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

I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such which probably explains why since the end of my marriage I've dated nothing but a succession of blondes.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

Blessed is the influence of one true loving human soul on another.

These technologies can make life easier can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups get medical information the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that.

You can never really live anyone else's life not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life and what you've become yourself.

In Psalm 72 Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.

I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized.