Power Quotes

• There's a Zen to acting, by being in the moment. That's where the power is.

  

  Christine Ebersole
  • Power

• The diverse natures of men, combined with the necessity to satisfy in some manner the sentiment which desires them to be equal, has had the result that in the democracies they have endeavored to provide the appearance of power in the people and the reality of power in an elite.

  

  Vilfredo Pareto
  • People
  • Men
  • Reality

• For those not so taken by the star power, this new 'Ocean's Eleven' is the equivalent of a domineering team you can't stand that enters the Super Bowl. Even if you don't like the players, the odds are so good that it's tough to bet against them.

  

  Elvis Mitchell
  • Good
  • Team
  • Taken

• I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician.

  

  Rajeev Shukla
  • Power
  • Political
  • Politician

• The vast differences in power contributed to faulty social theories of these differences that are still with us today. When a society is economically dominant, it is easy for its members to assume that such dominance reflects a deeper superiority-whether religious, racial, genetic, cultural, or institutional-rather than an accident of timing or geography.

  

  Jeffrey Sachs
  • Today
  • Society
  • Religious

• I have a very strong political outlook, and that is something I'd like to take more responsibility for in my life. I don't believe in utilising certain aspects of the power I have with celebrity to push that forward, but I would like to make some films that address some of those political issues.

  

  Kiefer Sutherland
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Political

• I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Learning
  • Myself
  • Weekend

• I would love to take the WWE championship back to India. Nobody has ever taken a WWE championship to India, so just to think about the power that I would have to motivate the youth and to inspire a tremendous amount of people there is amazing.

  

  Jinder Mahal
  • People
  • Amazing
  • Taken

• It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

  

  Francis Bacon
  • Power
  • Desire

• Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's.

  

  Deborah Tannen
  • Power

• I recently had the opportunity to participate in Inc.'s first-ever 'Hire Power Awards' event in Washington, D.C. The event was a testament to the power of American entrepreneurship and the role that it plays in driving job creation and innovation in a wide array of industries.

  

  Karen Mills
  • Job
  • American
  • Opportunity

• I like the fact that I have the power to convey a lot of emotion through my songs. I like to channel that when I'm singing. I think it's just a mix of R&B, soul, but then I kind of move more into the pop world and electronic pop and stuff like that.

  

  Grace Martine Tandon
  • World
  • Soul
  • Singing

• I personally am a very big fan of 'Romeo + Juliet.' It had a visceral power to it that I thought was just exhilarating. It was a very arresting and very disturbing and deeply compelling version of the play.

  

  George C. Wolfe
  • Power

• Nothing really succeeds which is not based on reality; sham, in a large sense, is never successful. In the life of the individual, as in the more comprehensive life of the State, pretension is nothing and power is everything.

  

  Edwin Percy Whipple
  • Reality
  • State
  • Succeeds

• The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

  

  Alice Walker
  • People
  • Up
  • Thinking

• Unlimited exploitation of cheap labour-power is the sole foundation of their power to compete.

  

  Karl Marx
  • Power

• The power of self goes beyond words. Self confidence, self improvement, self esteem, self enhancement, self love ... Get yourself right first!

  

  Behdad Sami
  • Love
  • Confidence
  • For Her

• I can make a scene that's not supposed to be sexy, very sexy. It's a power you're born with. It's not a physical thing, it comes from inside. It's all in the eyes.

  

  Tara Reid
  • Power
  • Eyes
  • Sexy

• Not many people were speaking truth to power in the '80s. I had a really good time doing it - I found it gratifying. It was a joy to have an opportunity to say what you believed. It's challenging to do it in fiction, but I liked writing the novels. I liked writing 'Democracy' particularly.

  

  Joan Didion
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• Would it be a surprise if entrepreneurs recoil at the thought of consciously courting any person who has more power and money than they have?

  

  Tahl Raz
  • Money
  • Power
  • Thought

• Although we should not love our friends for the good that they do us, it is a sign that they do not love us much if they do not do us good when they have the power to do so.

  

  Madeleine de Souvre
  • Good
  • Love
  • Friends

• Very unusual in an insurgency to have absolutely no political agenda other than to return to power. Most insurgents have a political side to them.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Power
  • Political
  • Agenda

• You have to keep your eyes wide open and your head high and realize that you are going to be OK. I do this with work and with being a mom - I'm a true believer that it's OK to fail, and that there is power in getting back up on the horse.

  

  Katy Mixon
  • Up
  • Work
  • True

• For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer. And 'Wicked' was about harnessing all that strength.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Learning
  • Myself
  • Strength

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