lack of influence Quotes

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them

There are things we can't control - like the wins and the losses.

The lesson is that my support for American policy counts for nothing.

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics) he feels himself master of his fate, but against major events he is as helpless as against the elements. So far from endeavoring to influence the future, he simply lies down and lets things happen to him.

I don't get a lot of choices in movies. It's not like I'm Brad Pitt and I can walk in and go here's the film I want to do and everyone runs around... I don't have that. I stand in line and do auditions. I'm there with 80 other guys trying to be that guy. Every once in awhile I luck out.

It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.

I am afraid we are little better than straws upon the water; we may flatter ourselves that we swim, when the current carries us along.

Some have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil.