#influence

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#inevitably #inexperienced #influences #quality #said

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

#influence #just #know #our #outside

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#been #european #expressionism #i #i think

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

Although anything can happen when under the influence of ice water. ↗

— Kat Dennings

#anything #happen #ice #influence #under

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

Their films would probably be better if they'd seen a few more films, which runs counter to this idiotic theory that you run the risk of being influenced if you see too much. ↗

— Jacques Rivette

#better #counter #few #films #idiotic

Don't walk in my head with your dirty feet. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#prejudice #love

Shakespeare, in some sense, helped create the modern man, didn't he, his influence is that pervasive. He held the mirror up to nature, but he also created that mirror: so the image he created is the very one we hold ourselves up to. ↗

— Jess Winfield

#modern-man #nature #pervasive-influence-of-the-bard #shakespeare #nature