Influencing Quotes

(on George W. Bush) I had a couple of opportunities to go and meet him, and I declined, partly out of comedic purposes, because when I was on the show ("Saturday Night Live" (1975)) at the time, it didn`t make sense to really meet the people that you play, for fear of them influencing you. And then the other side of it is, from a political standpoint, I don`t want to meet that guy.

I don`t feel the pressure myself. You have to understand that obviously the way you look is influencing the casting. Not to sound vain, but you have to have a third eye looking at yourself objectively, asking why you`re being cast in these roles. It would be mad not to realize this. I can`t change the way I look, and people seem to think it works for the leading man, and I rather enjoy that.

I don`t believe I am influencing anybody but myself.

Power doesn`t have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children`s lives.

People writing about me have said that I`ve influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them.

There are multiple factors influencing bond prices right now, not the least of which is the uncertainty about what the Fed is going to do going forward.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it`s the only thing