Power Quotes

Small: I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money, w
"I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money, was extremely strong for me"
John Perkins, Economist
Small: Why? Because were very well down this process as it is - flawed as it is - and were counting on getting more p
"Why? Because we're very well down this process as it is - flawed as it is - and we're counting on getting more power plants on line by the end of 2003 so we have a surplus of power"
Gray Davis, Politician
Small: So it was flawed in that it didnt require California to have a first claim on the power plants. It deregulated
"So it was flawed in that it didn't require California to have a first claim on the power plants. It deregulated part of the market, but not all of the market"
Gray Davis, Politician
Small: Now, in the space of a year, weve spent 450 percent more for power than we did the year before, and bought ess
"Now, in the space of a year, we've spent 450 percent more for power than we did the year before, and bought essentially the same amount of power. This year, that number's likely to go up. That can't go on forever and have us continue to be the economic engine for America"
Gray Davis, Politician
Small: The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hand
"The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life"
Georg Simmel, Sociologist
Small: If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would mak
"If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good"
James Boswell, Lawyer
Small: The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers for there is no po
"The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God"
Jonathan Mayhew, Clergyman
Small: We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers.
"We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?"
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Activist
Small: None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing
"None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing"
William Scranton, Politician
Small: Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers
"Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty"
William Bennett, Politician
Small: Im very excited to see where the characters and their relationships go. But in the end, it really boils down t
"I'm very excited to see where the characters and their relationships go. But in the end, it really boils down to the people who have more power than me, who control the money"
Brandon Routh, Actor
Small: We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to pro
"We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity"
George Soros, Businessman
Small: Ive always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it
"I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it"
Peter Jennings, Journalist
Small: With the people, especially a people seized of property, resides the aggregate of original power
"With the people, especially a people seized of property, resides the aggregate of original power"
Ezra Stiles, Clergyman
Small: At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values disto
Howard Dean
"At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people"
Howard Dean, Politician
Small: In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping powe
"In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts, I believe we should follow the process prescribed in our Constitution - consideration of a Constitutional amendment"
Dennis Cardoza, Politician
Small: That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the pries
Charles Eastman
"That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity"
Charles Eastman, Author
Small: Capitalism is not about free competitive choices among people who are reasonably equal in their buying and sel
"Capitalism is not about free competitive choices among people who are reasonably equal in their buying and selling of economic power, it is about concentrating capital, concentrating economic power in very few hands using that power to trash everyone who gets in their way"
David Korten, Activist
Small: We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us.
"We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire"
George Soros, Businessman
Small: If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power canno
"If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established"
Algernon Sidney, Politician
Small: Your real self - the I am I - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and
"Your real self - the "I am I" - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm"
Robert Collier, Publisher
Small: The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully
"The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully"
Charles Evans Hughes, Judge
Small: The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most p
"The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish"
Samuel Gompers, Activist
Small: Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappoin
"Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them"
David Ogden Stiers, Actor
Small: God has been pleased to prescribe limits to his power and to work out his ends within these limits
"God has been pleased to prescribe limits to his power and to work out his ends within these limits"
William S. Paley, Businessman
Small: Now, at this point, I can wrestle, I can go out there and cut an entertaining promo, I can also do the backsta
"Now, at this point, I can wrestle, I can go out there and cut an entertaining promo, I can also do the backstage stuff... and if you can contribute more to the show, you have more staying power"
Trish Stratus, Entertainer
Small: My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage
"My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage"
Clay Aiken, Musician
Small: No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war
"No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war"
Wendell Willkie, Lawyer
Small: If the British Fleet were lost or captured, the Atlantic might be dominated by Germany, a power hostile to our
"If the British Fleet were lost or captured, the Atlantic might be dominated by Germany, a power hostile to our way of life, controlling in that event most of the ships and shipbuilding facilities of Europe"
Wendell Willkie, Lawyer
Small: Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is suc
"Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!"
David O. McKay, Clergyman
Small: To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun
"To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun"
Robert Burton
Small: A witty woman is a treasure a witty beauty is a power
"A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power"
George Meredith, Novelist
Small: Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time it can b
"Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral"
Stefan Zweig, Writer
Small: Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control mens minds
Thurgood Marshall
"Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds"
Thurgood Marshall, Judge
Small: You can have your titular recognition. Ill take money and power
"You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power"
Helen Gurley Brown, Editor
Small: The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure.
"The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure. And I remember consciously thinking that they were just like trees but they were metal"
John Sexton, Educator
Small: In my mind I needed a symbol of todays technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Spa
"In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space Shuttle. And so that's where Places of Power came into being"
John Sexton, Educator
Small: You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make two things, masculine and feminine,
"You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make two things, masculine and feminine, for all this mischief. And made them so there is this entirely different point of view about love and sex"
Beatrice Wood, Artist
Small: It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be
"It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong"
Wendell Willkie, Lawyer
Small: The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the
"The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society"
James F. Cooper, Novelist
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