“I've tried to be a sponge, in a way. I've soaked up a lot of things, and I've tried to give them back in a different form.”— William Bolcom
“A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society.”— Bhumibol Adulyadej
“My theory is, you don't find out who's fooling you, you just find out who is representing who's interest.”— Dwayne Andreas
“I learned from the best, you know: B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf.”— Buddy Guy
“A nudge, as we will use the term, is any aspect of the choice architecture that alters people's behavior in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives.”— Cass Sunstein
“A holy life is a voice; it speaks when the tongue is silent, and is either a constant attraction or a perpetual reproof.”— Archibald Alexander
“Small groups of persons can, and do, make the rest of us think what they please about a given subject.”— Edward Bernays
“The person who is not able to develop and use his own thinking is constantly being influenced by others.”— Marsha Sinetar
“The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.”— Nicolas Bentley
“There is a level of access and influence that money buys that's just disproportionate to what it should be.”— Jack Abramoff
“I'm not in the business of telling people what to think. I'm in the business of telling people what to think about.”— Roger Ailes
“The minority has discovered a powerful help in influencing majorities. It has been found possible so to mold the mind of the masses that they will throw their newly gained strength in the desired direction.”— Edward Bernays
“Too many leaders are so busy exercising their authority that they don't have time to build their influence.”— Ken Blanchard