David Shields Quotes

My opinion's no more important than anyone else's. It's just that I have the ability to have access to more ears when I speak because of my job.

I believe each individual can have a say and make a difference.

I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.

In the world of public opinion, the person with the bullhorn is king.

I guess I don't really feel like I have that much power to influence that many people.

We all have the power to be influencers.

Your voice, amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other, does not confer upon you greater wisdom than when your voice reached only from one end of the bar to the other.

I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.

Owning media is power. That’s the way it is.

The biggest things I have are the platform that I have and influence.

One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.

Never feel too small or powerless to make a difference.

It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.

Culture follows power.

So if people will pay attention to what I say because of our success as a group, I am going to use that.

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

Think of your existing power as the exponent in an equation that determines the value of information. The more power you have, the more additional power you derive from the new data.

I feel a lot of people listen to what I have to say.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material.

I wish I could believe that one person could make a difference.

To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.