Power is a matter of influence.
My powers of influence are so meager in this sublunar world of ours, I try to limit the people I can disappoint. And I make sure to know the difference between my obligations and somebody else’s.
Without money, we lose influence. Without influence, we lose control.
If I do not please, I cannot seduce. If I do not seduce, I cannot influence. If I do not influence, I repent.
Without Littlefinger and Ramsay and the rest, I would have stayed a Little Bird all my life.
When a civilization acts in opposition to its instincts, it may be under the influence of something, or someone, new.
It’s one thing to have popularity. It’s quite another to have influence.
Influence grows like a weed.