Carolyn Heilbrun (Carolyn Gold Heilbrun) Quotes

Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.

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• In uniform, I had to make judgments about the best course of action in combat when the only choices were 'bad' or 'worse.' As a member of the media, I only had to decide how to get the best 'shot' - preferably without getting shot.

  

  Oliver North
  • Bad
  • Action
  • Best

• Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.

  

  Nas
  • People
  • Power
  • Generation

• I'd like to do something where there's a strong female character and some action. I've done a few stunts in the past.

  

  Vicky McClure
  • Done
  • Character
  • Past

• I could never take orders from anyone.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • Never
  • Take
  • Could

• I won't tell anyone where my favourite place in Scotland is... but it might be somewhere on Skye.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Place
  • Where
  • Favourite

• The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Together
  • Change
  • Action

• In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things.

  

  E. Stanley Jones
  • Action
  • Movement
  • Beliefs

• I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Way
  • Action
  • Far

• The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

  

  Madame de Stael
  • Action
  • Happiness
  • Feelings

• Power is natural, but it can be improved with a lot of work. It's been something I've focused on for a couple of years because I saw it as a place where I could make improvements.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Work
  • Power
  • Couple

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

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Power
  • Man
  • Smart

• It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Power
  • Man
  • Free

• A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.

  

  Earl Wilson
  • You
  • Vacation
  • Take

• Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Power
  • Kindness
  • Our

• Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Power
  • Truth
  • Evidence

• George Washington understood that the Bible is the place where God's records of right and wrong are kept.

  

  Randall Terry
  • God
  • Bible
  • Place

• What vital U.S. interest is imperiled in who comes to power in Podgorica, Montenegro? Why cannot Europe handle this problem in its own back yard?

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Why
  • Power
  • Problem

• In the twilight, it was a vision of power.

  

  Upton Sinclair
  • Power
  • Vision
  • Twilight

• It is important to pray for peace. . . But you must also take actions to make that happen. Every single day.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Important
  • Peace
  • Action

• It simply feels right to me to blend the glittery delights of New York City with a largely raw vegan diet - with the soul-deep conviction that animals are not ours to eat, wear, exploit or experiment on.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Soul
  • City
  • Deep

• The things I write about are the things that I am passionate about, interested in, and fighting for in my life.

  

  Kristin Armstrong
  • Life
  • Fighting

• When it's open and honest, that's when the real nature of who you are as a vocalist or as a performer, all of that stuff can finally start to become what it's supposed to be. Like a settling into yourself. It's not even a musical thing, it's a whole mindset, a whole acceptance of who you were supposed to be. Life sounds good.

  

  Alison Krauss
  • Life
  • Good
  • Real

• Before I was State Treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs, including here at Nabsys, a biomedical company. As governor, I’ll use this as a model for how we create manufacturing jobs.

  

  Gina Raimondo
  • Business
  • Model
  • Governor

• Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.

  

  Carolyn Heilbrun
  • Power
  • Action
  • Place