Power Quotes

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it"

"Loyalty of the law-making power to the executive power was one of the dangers the political fathers foretold"

"We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men"

Francis Wright, Activist

"The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?"

James Hillman, Psychologist

"Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution"

Mary Daly, Theologian

"This anniversary serves to help remind the American people that, in the wake of one of the greatest political scandals and misuse of power in our history as a nation, scandal produced important reforms that served this nation well for two decades"

Elliot Richardson, Lawyer

"If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that it cannot do so, it in effect loses the advantage of being a big power"

Elliot Richardson, Lawyer

"How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature"

Clyde Tombaugh, Scientist

"The conditions which now exist in Germany make it impossible for industrial production to reach the levels which the occupying powers agreed were essential for a minimum German peacetime economy"

James F. Byrnes, Politician

"I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power"

Harmon Killebrew, Athlete

"Images adorn our inner life and carry great power there"

William Shirley, Politician

"I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot of responsibility and power"

Vanessa Carlton, Musician

"I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have to be stories about the storyteller"

Stephen Greenblatt, Critic

"The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The only thing worse would be Iran being a nuclear power"

Rudy Giuliani, Politician

"The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude"

Riccardo Muti, Celebrity

"Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"For if God is a title of the highest power, He must be incorruptible, perfect, incapable of suffering, and subject to no other being; therefore they are not gods whom necessity compels to obey the one greatest God"

Lactantius, Author

"If we are to meet the growing electricity demand in the United States without significantly increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, we must maintain a diverse supply of electricity, and nuclear power must be part of that mix"

Judy Biggert, Politician

"Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States"

Joe Lieberman, Politician

"Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances - and bringing emerging powers into this community so future conflict becomes less likely"

Joe Lieberman, Politician

"The moment you enlist in the army of God, you personally become a target. You need to remember that if you're living for and walking with Jesus Christ, the powers of darkness are aligned against you"

Walter Martin, Clergyman

"The Doctrine of the Trinity teaches that within the unity of the one Godhead there are three separate persons who are coequal in power, nature, and eternity"

Walter Martin, Clergyman

"The weird thing about this business - and I'm sure this operates in many other things, but it's very present and acute in this business - is that a lot of people don't realize that they have power. Particularly actors"

Lili Taylor, Actress

"The business manager was doing fine back in his office while they were out on the line, hungry. And, so they started to see a lot of that and there was, that maybe the leadership had its own cause. More so than the miners, you know, it was like a power struggle"

Richard Grimes

"What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power"

John Cheever, Writer

"But again, you know, the views that we've expressed are transferring power back from the federal government to the states, giving Alaska an incredible opportunity to expand its economy, especially at a time when our federal government is coming close to bankruptcy.So that is a broad-based appeal. It's not an extreme view"

Joe Miller, Politician

"Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have"

Saul Alinsky, Activist

"Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power"

Robert Shea, Author

"Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation"

Richard Holloway, Writer

"No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation"

Marguerite Duras, Novelist

"In fact I think now we've reached a point now, where the powers that be really have sort of vested interest in all of us being stoned out as much as possible all the time so we don't know what's going on, and we don't care"

Lester Bangs, Critic

"Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral"

Salvatore Quasimodo, Author

"The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity"

Richard Lugar, Politician

"What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic"

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President

"You have to be very rich to afford Labour, with 66 tax rises since they came in power"

John Redwood, Politician

"The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion"

John Boyd Orr, Politician

"I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics"

Alan Parsons, Musician

"Man is pre-eminently endowed with the power of voluntarily and consciously determining his own point of view"

Ernst Mach, Physicist

"Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight"

Marilyn French, Author

"My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences"

Lorna Luft, Actress

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