#influence

The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it creates a constant environment. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

#constant #continuous #create #creates #environment

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#any #country #directive #exert #general

As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, it's about you and what you feel for my music. If I can make you feel like the way that people who influenced me made me feel, that's completion. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#completion #feel #hair #i #i can

I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#alice #alice cooper #big #cooper #disasters

Leadership is influence. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#influence

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#childhood #ethos #influence #mad #much

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something. ↗

— Josh Billings

#influence #powerful #she #something #wants

The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#ball #because #bob #burnett #carol

I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#america #american #come #first #happenings

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood. ↗

— Walt Disney

#adulthood #entertainment #ideals #influence #lives