No one disputes Iran's destabilizing influence in the Middle East or role in killing Americans.

The growing influence of focus groups means we are all in danger of being excessively cowed by their feedback.

The 'Jonny Quest' theme had a huge influence on me while I was growing up.

I was much influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre.

I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence.

It's the ultimate compliment to be imitated or at least be somebody's influence, for sure.

If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.

Corporations are driving down wages and working conditions across the globe to maximize returns for their shareholders. They use their power and influence to ensure the rules align with their interests - no matter the cost.

My influence is probably more from American crime writers than any Europeans. And I hardly read any Scandinavian crime before I started writing myself. I wasn't a great crime reader to begin with.

Woody Allen's movies are so much a part of me. I grew up watching them over and over and would read all his comic pieces for the New Yorker. In some ways, his influence is so much there that I can't even locate it any more.

Word of mouth now has a unprecedented influence because it spreads so far and so fast.

Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened.

The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development.

If you realize early what your influence is, you can have a better understanding of what you are writing about.

All this stuff doesn't happen to you for your own sake. It doesn't happen to you so you can fill your shelves with trophies or line your pockets with cash; it happens so you can have a positive influence and encourage other people.

Congress continues to pass laws to limit lobbyists' influence, but people find ways to get around them.

The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.

House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.

The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.

Dylan's relationship with Johnny Cash was the biggest influence on Nashville in my lifetime - they opened up country music.