Power Quotes
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The power of literature does not lie in resonance with the particular but the way that the particular speaks to a broader, more universal truth.
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I don't seek power and do not run around
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The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
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To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
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Old as the everlasting hills; immovable as the throne of God; and certain as the purposes of eternal power, against all hinderances, and against all delays, and despite all the mutations of human instrumentalities, it is the faith of my soul, that this anti-slavery cause will triumph.
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If information is power, why are the powerful so ill informed?
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What once bound him Will make him flee Place of power-joining of five Night Spirit Blood Humanity Earth Joined not to conquer, Instead to overcome Night leads to Spirit Blood binds Humanity And Earth completes.
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The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But God is the most perfect agent. Therefore, things created by Him obtain perfection from Him. So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
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Every new source from which man has increased his power on earth has been used to diminish the prospects of his successors.
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Everything is generated through your own will power.
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The problems in California have been that it's been very difficult to site and build new power plants.
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Brutish strength combined with the elegance of the gambit—it was the mark of a true genius. Anyone could achieve power with a gun or a knife. The perfect riddle commanded its recipient to act in one way, and one way only. There was no greater mastery—and that was what the Riddler sought to achieve over Batman—absolute mastery.
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The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
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24/7 power is going to happen; it is not a question of possible or impossible.
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When you have power you don't have to tell the truth. That's a rule that's been working in this world for generations. And there are a great many people who don't tell the truth when they are in power in administrative positions.
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As content creators, we're benefitting YouTube every day. YouTube couldn't do what they do without us, so do not underestimate your power.
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Alan Cranston understood power not as a reflection of status but as a tool with a purpose.
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We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.
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The artist has the power to signoff the work by deconstructing the work itself: I've finished this work now and I'll sign it and relegate the painting to simply something that services my signature. The painting becomes the colorful backdrop of the signature.
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Writing must always have intention because words have power.
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The only power a god can teach is the power of doing without happiness.
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As we now know, cyberspace did not liberate human society from pre-existing socioeconomic hierarchies and power structures.
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The power of capitalism to mediate the gap between rich and poor is pretty incredible. Indeed, I think, year by year, the gap gets less.
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We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
