676 quotes found
“Van Eck raised a brow. "How old are you, girl? Sixteen? Seventeen? Nations rise and fall. Markets are made and unmade. When power shifts, someone always suffers.”
“And what does it mean to take care of power? Do you use it? Conserve it? Keep it out of the wrong hands?”
“Adora Belle fought back, and to make sure fought back even before she was attacked.”
“I have not spent my time studying the problem of "race"—"race" itself is just a restatement and retrenchment of the problem. You see this from time to time when some dullard—usually believing himse...”
“I have seen the poor suffer when nobles seek the purity of ideals. I have seen the powerless die when princes believe in the nostalgia of their dreams. I have seen the common people torn from peace...”
“I submit respectfully to the House as a general principle that our responsibility in this matter is directly proportionate to our power. Where there is great power there is great responsibility, wh...”
“The strong take from the weak. That’s what power is for.”
“I thought the power you had was in your arms and legs and the weapons you bear?”“Don’t forget my cock.”
“They are me, these women. They are the ones who taught me to see; I taught me to see. They, we, are the ones healing the Ginen story, fighting to destroy that cancerous trade in shiploads of Africa...”
“We are all here, all the powers of the Ginen lives for all the centuries that they have been in existence, and we all fight. We change when change is needed. We are a little different in each place...”
“All people who come to the dark come for power.”
“In some ways, it's easier to recognize your power when you're calm and untroubled than when you're distressed. Search out your talent in quiet moments. Don't push too hard. You've done it once. You...”
“Learn to recognize power in others. Become more conscious of your own power. It's there.”
“People are least aware of others when demonstrating their own power over them.”
“When you have no real power, go public—really public. The public is where the real power is.”
“Power has a social function.”
“Many people in this country who want to see us the minority, and who don’t want to see us taking too militant or too uncompromising a stand, are absolutely against the successful regrouping or orga...”
“absolute power is corrupting”
“People keep asking me ...How to instantly become a better writer? It’s simple: Use "power words" and see for yourself.”
“Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless.”
