#influence

I'm not going to rule out running for a second term. But, I think you have to be psychologically prepared to walk away from the job after four years. It's the only way that you cannot be influenced by those special interests. ↗

— Dick Murphy

#away #cannot #four #going #i

I wanted to be a surgeon, possibly influenced by the qualities of our family doctor who cared for our childhood ailments. ↗

— Joseph Murray

#cared #childhood #doctor #family #i

I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#head #hear #i #influenced #jack

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking. ↗

— Charles Sanders Peirce

#belief #due #effect #exercise #final

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe. ↗

— Romano Prodi

#any #carries #europe #influence #italy

Major League Baseball has always recognized the influence that our stars can have on the youth of America. As such, we are concerned that recent revelations and allegations of steroid use have been sending a terrible message to young people. ↗

— Bud Selig

#always #america #baseball #been #concerned

It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances. ↗

— Thomas Reid

#circumstances #effect #fact #fixed #influence

Russia's biggest problem is organized crime and its leaders are influenced by the Russian mafia. But it's not right to call it a Russian mafia, it's a Jewish mafia. ↗

— David Duke

#biggest problem #call #crime #influenced #jewish

I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#early #huge #huge influence #i #influence

How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is? ↗

— Hayden Fry

#coach #five #how #influence #making