Emily Dickinson Quotes

To be alive is power; existence in itself; without a further function; omnipotence.

Emily Dickinson

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• Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • Power
  • Become
  • Far

• As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Men
  • Women
  • Power

• We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.

  

  Larry Craig
  • Power
  • Government
  • Take

• The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Power
  • More
  • Dangerous

• But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.

  

  Ferdinand Lassalle
  • Power
  • Justice
  • Organization

• One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Power
  • Trust

• I'm pretty much a dinosaur in the studio. I like things hand-drawn, even today. The story artists use Cintiqs, but I'm the only person who hasn't completely converted to computers. I like the Cintiq, but there's something about the raw emotional power of using paper and pencil.

  

  Walt Dohrn
  • Power
  • Today
  • Pretty

• The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Real
  • Power
  • Cold

• A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Power
  • Man
  • Smart

• Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.

  

  E. Stanley Jones
  • World
  • God
  • Power

• I really believe in the power of music.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Music
  • Believe
  • Power

• Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Power
  • Truth
  • Evidence

• I was brought up Catholic, and I felt the power of art from a very young age - seeing the brutality of all those images of flayed apostles and tortured saints was a pretty strong introduction.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Up
  • Art
  • Power

• One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales.

  

  Ines de La Fressange
  • Power
  • Right
  • Taught

• Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.

  

  Laura Marano
  • People
  • World
  • Power

• I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • People
  • Believe
  • Power

• The supreme power cannot justly take from any man any part of his property, without his consent in person or by his representative. … Now what liberty can there be where property is taken away without consent?

  

  Samuel Adams
  • Power
  • Taken

• I owe most to Georges Sorel. This master of syndicalism by his rough theories of revolutionary tactics has contributed most to form the discipline, energy and power of the fascist cohorts.

  

  Benito Mussolini
  • Power
  • Energy
  • Discipline

• I got no support from USA Wrestling. I was competing against professional Russians that do nothing but wrestle for a living, and I was forced to take a job working for this lowlife loser, John du Pont, who I didn't want in my life. I just wanted the money.

  

  Mark Schultz
  • Life
  • Money
  • Job

• And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.

  

  John Milton
  • Dream
  • Poets
  • Sights

• No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.

  

  Wislawa Szymborska
  • Night
  • Teach

• Cutting through complexity to find a solution runs through four predictable stages: determine a goal, find the highest-leverage approach, discover the ideal technology for that approach, and in the meantime, make the smartest application of the technology that you already have - whether it's something sophisticated, like a drug, or something simpler, like a bednet.

  

  Bill Gates
  • Technology
  • Goal
  • Solution

• To be alive is power; existence in itself; without a further function; omnipotence.

  

  Emily Dickinson
  • Power
  • Existence
  • Omnipotence