#flu

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born. ↗

— Dean Inge

#before #born #character #child #hundred

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. ↗

— Mark Twain

#influence #little #make #man #naked

The prices of raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labour cost of producing them. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#directly #fluctuate #labour #materials #prices

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#art #balance #calming #depressing #devoid

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#future #here #influencing #moments #now

Robert Crumb is an influence on how I draw, but not on the subject matter I take or my approach. One thing I do like about Crumb is that he's chronicled his age, his times, and I think that is what artists should do. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#age #approach #artists #crumb #draw

Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing. ↗

— John Sladek

#influence #moment #reading #seems #whatever

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#coach #even #family #go #had

In 35 years of being in the media, I've had all this mud flung at me many, many times. It's not the first time. It's nothing unusual. I've been through it all before and the best way to deal with it is not to read them. ↗

— Delia Smith

#before #being #best #best way #deal

The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#bondage #influences #more #other #perpetuate