My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart.

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

The herd seek out the great not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

Great is truth but still greater from a practical point of view is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.

In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures.

I believe that for the small numbers of Jewish people in the United States they exercise a tremendous amount of influence on the affairs of government.

The problem is that when government controls the economy those who can influence government keep winning and everybody else just stays the same.

In the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

The humblest individual exerts some influence either for good or evil upon others.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.