Power Quotes
What they will try to do is get symbolic victories. Symbolism is important to them. They have little else. But they will strike, I believe, at centers of media, of financial, of American power, of American culture; and that is where we should place our bet.
James T. Walsh
What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it.
Daniel Keys Moran
Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.
Georg Brandes
He would rather lose his power for doing right, than keep his power by doing wrong. Because he loves his people more than he loves his office.
Orson Scott Card
I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.
Liz Williams
If a woman rising in power is too tough or aggressive, she's attacked for it. If she's attractive, she's accused of having used that to her advantage. And even if a woman is beyond qualified for a role, there will always be those who raise doubts about if she's really qualified.
Kristen Soltis Anderson
The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by reference to principles.
R. H. Tawney
My sense is that we're ready for another industrial revolution in this country. The great minds and innovators of Silicon Valley would come through China and say, The pipeline is full of ideas - there's personalized medicine, biotechnology, new forms to power ourselves, clean energy, etc., etc.
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
I was baptized into Christ. I died when He died. Sin’s power over me has been broken, in Jesus’ name!
T. B. Joshua
Homeowners want solar power. It's cost-effective. We invented a business model that makes it really easy for consumers to switch to solar - and that's solar-as-a-service.
Lynn Jurich
I regard Jesus, like the Buddha, as a figure with the power to shape our lives.
Jay Parini
There was nothing there but black water and American fire power.
James Stockdale
Dictators, unlike Democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power. These backers, generally drawn from the military, the senior civil service, and family or clan members, have a synergistic relationship with their dictator. The dictator delivers opportunities for them to become rich, and they protect him from being overthrown.
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
I never thought of political endeavors primarily in terms of power and prestige, and I never thought of economic endeavors primarily in terms of wealth and position.
Bill Clinton
The way to advance the nation's prosperity and achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization, and substituting machines and power for human backs.
Charles Erwin Wilson
I'm not emotionally excited by the power of cinema's tricks anymore.
Pawel Pawlikowski