And you know, almost in a perverse way, I wish it had been undue influence because we know how to correct that. We get rid of the people who, in fact, were exercising that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Influence is a very unpleasant subject and I deal with it in a maybe irresponsible way, which is to really ignore it. It would be a nightmare if we started to really think about it; it would tie our hands, it would tie everyone else's hands.
Everyone is influencing the people around them one way or another.
I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.
Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn't work, and it didn't work, and it just came to a standstill.
I don't think even ungodly people realize what a society would be like that had no godly influence at all.
If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it in print, either.
Obviously, all of us have been influenced by those around us.
It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.
The only real influence I've ever had was myself.
It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.