#flu

I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a rupture with us by the artifices of the French, their own weakness and the influence which the French Missionary Priests have over them. ↗

— William Shirley

#dependence #disposition #drawn #eastern #flatter

I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life. ↗

— Peter Singer

#american politics #american public #answer #because #blame

If a woman decides she likes me, it would behoove her to take into consideration that my art has had a strong influence on the type of person I am. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#art #consideration #decides #had #her

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. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

#campaign #campaign finance #election #existing #finance

Man cannot influence in this respect the atomic forces of Nature. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#cannot #forces #influence #man #nature

To the extent that the United States has, I don't like the word hegemony, the United States has influence around the world, I don't think that's based on to any significant degree on the fact that countries use the dollar as their major reserve. ↗

— Robert C. Solomon

#around #based #countries #degree #dollar

Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and future. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#existence #flux #future #intensely #mobile

It's always great playing with other musicians. It's also a great situation where I'm the older guy, I've influenced generations of guitar players. ↗

— Ace Frehley

#always #generations #great #guitar #guitar players

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away. ↗

— Sophocles

#flung #good #hands #hold #ignorant

Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected. ↗

— George Soros

#constantly #flux #made #markets #money