Influence
British comedian Mel Smith, when asked the question “What one song would work as the soundtrack to your life?”, replied: “Idiot Wind”.
Some of the lyrics of Idiot Wind are mentioned in the song Only Wanna Be with You by American band Hootie & the Blowfish.
Swedish musician Amanda Bergman, wife of The Tallest Man on Earth, performs under the stage name Idiot Wind.
Canadian poet Rob Winger titled the third section of his second collection, The Chimney Stone, after Idiot Wind.
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Famous quotes containing the word influence:
“What do women want with votes, when they hold the sceptre of influence with which they can control even votes, if they wield it aright?”
—Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)
“I think of consciousness as a bottomless lake, whose waters seem transparent, yet into which we can clearly see but a little way. But in this water there are countless objects at different depths; and certain influences will give certain kinds of those objects an upward influence which may be intense enough and continue long enough to bring them into the upper visible layer. After the impulse ceases they commence to sink downwards.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)
“A healthy soul stands united with the Just and the True, as the magnet arranges itself with the pole, so that he stands to all beholders like a transparent object betwixt them and the sun, and whoso journeys towards the sun, journeys towards that person. He is thus the medium of the highest influence to all who are not on the same level.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)