Quotes about power
powerful racism poverty
The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism. Gordon Parks
powerful black lap
You have a 45mm automatic pistol on your lap, and I have a 35mm camera on my lap, and my weapon is just as powerful as yours. (To Black Panther militant Eldridge Cleaver)
powerful father guy
When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately. Gordon Ramsay
powerful passion men
Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves. Gilbert K. Chesterton
powerful sky tree
Now, among the heresies that are spoken in this matter is the habit of calling a grey day a "colourless" day. Grey is a colour, and can be a very powerful and pleasing colour.... A grey clouded sky is indeed a canopy between us and the sun; so is a green tree, if it comes to that. But the grey umbrellas differ as much as the green in their style and shape, in their tint and tilt. One day may be grey like steel, and another grey like dove’s plumage. One may seem grey like the deathly frost, and another grey like the smoke of substantial kitchens.
power criticism speech
It is the beginning of all true criticism of our time to realize that it has really nothing to say, at the very moment when it has invented so tremendous a trumpet for saying it.
power grows small-beginnings
Mighty things from small beginnings grow. John Dryden
power empires
All empire is no more than power in trust.
power want sin
Repentance is but want of power to sin.
powerful communication mean
To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well John Marshall
powerful color law
Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.
powerful freedom ideas
The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is generally understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. John Maynard Keynes
powerful jealous office
The division of the spoils between the victors will also provide employment for a powerful office, whose doorsteps the greedy adventurers and jealous concession hunters of twenty or thirty nations will crowd and defile.
powerful age century
All the nationalists are wasms - except one, the most powerful of this century, indeed, of the entire democratic age, which is nationalism. John Lukacs
power creation mark
The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation. John Locke
powerful vote most-powerful
I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it. John Lewis
powerful cat animal
I grew up with a lot of cats like that and they always were so surprising, magnetic, and electrifying. You can't be with them too long because they burn you out but the energy, the impulsivity, and the freedom connecting them to their animal energy is just so powerful to watch. It's dangerous to live like that but it's riveting to watch. John Leguizamo
powerful thinking arrogance
It is the pure arrogance of the newly rich and the newly powerful to think content is easy. John Landgraf
power secrecy distribution
Power expands through the distribution of secrecy. John le Carre
powerful america political
Questions about political theatre always overlook America's most powerful and effective political theatre, which is always thriving: the American musical. The politics is conservative but, to my mind, effective and insidious. John Lahr
powerful men ego
Most men - not just the men in Brentwood - are scared of powerful women with brains. There's something in a man that makes him want to have power over a woman - whether it's in the bedroom or because they earn more money. It boosts their egos. Jodie Marsh
powerful past years
If you were to take the lessons and experiences you've acquired in the past one year, five years or 10 years and skillfully invest that into your future, how powerful would that be? Where would you find yourself at the end of the next year? Jim Rohn
powerful soul stronger
What you want will pull like a magnet. Here's the other part. What for? Purpose is stronger than object. It's the 'What for?' that's even more powerful than the object. And the more you can describe in detail to stir the emotion and the intellect and the spirit and the soul, then the more powerful the 'what for' is.
powerful ambition achievement
Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it's a powerful, creative and constructive force.
powerful lazy needs
Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply, neglect.
powerful association subtle
Associations are both subtle and powerful.
powerful two might
There are two parts to influence: First, influence is powerful; and second, influence is subtle. You wouldn't let someone push you off course, but you might let someone nudge you off course and not even realize it.
powerful real emotion
Real persuasion comes from putting more of you into everything you say. Words have an effect. Words loaded with emotion have a powerful effect.
powerful past goal
We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles
powerful tip-of-the-iceberg iceberg
What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know
powerful ideas information
Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That's called doing your homework.
powerful mentor said
My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!'
powerful school care
I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made. George Lucas