But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.
Damien Hirst

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
Don Marquis

I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.
Joseph Pulitzer

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
Amos Bronson Alcott

We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Well I had my kids so young that I kind of feel that I'm a kid too and am growing up with them. The things they're interested in tend to really influence me.
Reese Witherspoon

The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies of animal psychology.
Edward Thorndike

I have more influence now than when I had the power.
Gough Whitlam

More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people.
Garry Kasparov

Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.
Carol Bellamy

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.
Arthur Henderson

Mantovani was a great influence on me.
Brian May

When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because he is a man and not on account of his ethnic origins or his religion.
Walter Kaufmann

Dreams have as much influence as actions.
Stephane Mallarme

I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.
Bruce Nauman

We can influence who we will be tomorrow, for tomorrow can only be built on today.
Anne Wilson Schaef

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.
Dashiell Hammett

It's not just for its influence on us, but to know that we can play a part in it, to understand the influence that we have outside our own existence.
Siobhan Davies

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?
Ron Silver

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.
Andy Partridge