676 quotes found
“If you never have sex you never gain a sense of power. You never gain a voice or an identity of your own. Sex is the act that separates us from our parents. Children from adults. It's by having sex...”
“Power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand.”
“Panem et Circenses translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and theref...”
“One is always a good master when one isn’t the master”
“Society already possesses the psychological techniques needed to obtain universal observance of a code -- a code which would guarantee the success of a community or state. The difficulty is that th...”
“For by this very fact, individuals confirm the system, fulfill the system, make the system, are the system.”
“What is the point of having all this power if you can’t force people to do what you want?”
“A woman must be able to stand in the face of power, because ultimately some part of that power will become hers.”
“Power is the crown that eats the head,”...”
“...power doesn’t shift. Power is resolute. It is the mountain, not the wind. To shift so easily is to lose trust.”
“[Pride and power] are the same except that pride leaves the lights on and power can do it in the dark.”
“The Shroud was old, and regarded as special, and people believed in it. That could be enough to give it a kind of power, all by itself.”
“To tell a story is to take power over it.”
“The sudden acquisition of power does not go to the head, but to the groin. In some, it promotes lust; in others, supplants it. Those on whom its effect is purely cerebral may indeed be counted as f...”
“Growing numbers of us are acknowledging with grief that many forms of supremacy—Christian, white, male, heterosexual, and human—are deeply embedded not just in Christian history, but also in Christ...”
“Rights are susceptible to subversion, as even granite is susceptible to erosion. My fifth Declaration posits how, in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engende...”
“Power will always attract the greedy and the weak.”
“Being a ruler is, contrary to popular notions, a calling of self-sacrifice. That is, if one wants to be a good ruler.”
“I’ve come to believe that the function of torture in our society is not about getting information, in spite of what we might want to believe. It is merely about power. It tells the world that there...”
“It's said that 'power corrupts,' but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as se...”
