676 quotes found
“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.”
“In Mesopotamia or Egypt, for example, the monarch had a god-like religious status. But this is not the case in Judaism. So that notion that religion can go on, when all the markers of power and tra...”
“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.”
“For as long as I care to remember, religion, like the striptease, has always been a display of the power of suggestion. Like the Virgin Birth, it has all too often supported an immaculate deception.”
“Religion is never the problem it's the people who use it to gain power.”
“Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within eve...”
“Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman's make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of every...”
“I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time.”
“I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.”
“You must make women count as much as men you must have an equal standard of morals and the only way to enforce that is through giving women political power so that you can get that equal moral stan...”
“There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.”
“We can't afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need.”
“Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.”
“I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the...”
“Women have had the power of naming stolen from us.”
“When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!”
“The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.”
“Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.”
“I don't think a powerful man would be interesting unless he'd be nice, attractive, with or without the power. Men are interested in powerful men. Women are interested in terrific men!”
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
