Quotes about power
powerful lying writing
It's true that I have very little idea what I shall be writing next, but at the same time I have a powerful premonition of everything that lies ahead of me, even ten years ahead. J. G. Ballard
powerful imagination saws
The endless newsreel clips of nuclear explosions that we saw on TV in the 1960s (were) a powerful incitement to the psychotic imagination, sanctioning *everything*.
powerful laughter light
Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness. Isobelle Carmody
powerful class people
And in some ways, to me, that's one of the inspiring and powerful things about the Great Migration itself. There was no leader, there was no one person who set the date who said, 'On this date, people will leave the South.' They left on their own accord for as many reasons as there are people who left. They made a choice that they were not going to live under the system into which they were born anymore and in some ways, it was the first step that the nation's servant class ever took without asking. Isabel Wilkerson
powerful love-is hatred
I've seen hatred and I have seen love. And love is more powerful. Immaculee Ilibagiza
powerful mean two
To this day, good English usually means the English wealthy and powerful people spoke a generation or two ago. Jack Lynch
power punch simplest
I think the very simplest way to show Superman's power is to have him punch someone that's powerful. Jim Lee
power shows
I think there's a little more power in there than he shows right now. Mike Quade
power stay
Stay off the roads. Stay away from water. (There) could be live power lines.
power
My motivation, I guess, is kind of power to the people.
power reduce regardless tension view
My view is that regardless of his power base, he does need to reduce tension in Bangkok.
powerful quick valuable
Lloyd is a powerful and quick striker who will be valuable to us.
powerful father real
You belong to the biblical race of Nephilim. Your real father was an angel who fell from heaven. You're half mortal." The boy's dark eyes lifted, meeting Chauncey's. "Half fallen angel." Chauncey's tutor's voice drifted up from the recesses of his mind, reading passages from the Bible, telling of a deviant race created when angels cast from heaven mated with mortal women. A fearsome and powerful race. A chill that wasn't entirely revulsion crept through Chauncey. "Who are you? Becca Fitzpatrick
powerful imagination influence
The wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination. It takes your stare and turns it back on you Barry Lopez
powerful three way
All of life presents itself as a cycle of cause and effect. When this cycle is negative, there are three ways to change. You can change the cause, change the effect, or choose the most powerful option become the cause! Bill Crawford
powerful opportunity giving
The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life's transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.
powerful ambition men
People in the U.K. cannot understand whether Blair has lost his mind or whether his ambition to be the second-most-powerful man in the world made him lose his mind. Bianca Jagger
powerful real men
I don't need an overpowering, powerful, rich man to feel secure. I'd much rather have a man who is there for me, who really loves me, who is growing, who is real.
powerful destiny men
What assurance have we that our masters will or can keep the promise which induced us to sell ourselves? Let us not be deceived by phrases about 'Man taking charge of his own destiny'. All that can really happen is that some men will take charge of the destiny of the others. They will be simply men; none perfect; some greedy, cruel and dishonest. The more completely we are planned the more powerful they will be. Have we discovered some new reason why, this time, power should not corrupt as it has done before? C. S. Lewis
powerful writing sometimes
I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience. Carrie Fisher
powerful empathy needs
Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment. Carl Rogers
powerful science feel-good
Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what's true from what feels good. Carl Sagan
powerful grief acceptance
These are all cases of proved or presumptive baloney. A deception arises, sometimes innocently but collaboratively, sometimes with cynical premeditation. Usually the victim is caught up in a powerful emotion -- wonder, fear, greed, grief. Credulous acceptance of baloney can cost you money; that's what P. T. Barnum meant when he said, 'There's a sucker born every minute.' But it can be much more dangerous than that, and when governments and societies lose the capacity for critical thinking, the results can be catastrophic -- however sympathetic we may be to those who have bought the baloney.
powerful beer eight
So, if people didn’t settle down to take up farming, why then did they embark on this entirely new way of living? We have no idea – or actually, we have lots of ideas, but we don’t know if any of them are right. According to Felipe Fernández-Armesto, at least thirty-eight theories have been put forward to explain why people took to living in communities: that they were driven to it by climatic change, or by a wish to stay near their dead, or by a powerful desire to brew and drink beer, which could only be indulged by staying in one place. Bill Bryson
powerful slave internals
I am the slave of an internal power more powerful than my education. Arnold Schoenberg
powerful farewell saying-farewell
Saying farewell is also a bold and powerful beginning. Aron Ralston
power games would-be
But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
power band drumming
Great power constitutes its own argument, and it never has much trouble drumming up friends, applause, sympathetic exegesis, and a band. Bill Vaughan
power hands ties
Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then ... pick out his brains.
powerful really-powerful urges
I have a really powerful urge to see things work. Bill Budge
powerful men towns
Hardly anyone ever leaves. This is because Des Moines is the most powerful hypnotic known to man. Outside town there is a big sign that says, WELCOME TO DES MOINES. THIS IS WHAT DEATH IS LIKE. There isn't really. I just made that up. But the place does get a grip on you.
powerful believe thinking
Most people believe in God because they have been taught from early infancy to do it, and that is the main reason. Then I think that the next most powerful reason is the wish for safety. Bertrand Russell
powerful boredom desire
Escape from boredom is one of the really powerful desires of almost all human beings.