Something I learned very early on in my career is that there are a lot of things that you do not have… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
“Power, most power anyway, was the fly that called itself a hawk. It could only govern those who agreed to call it… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
You see, control can never be a means to any practical end...It can never be a means to anything but more control...like… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that fascism ascended to power so quickly was that it was considered socially elegant to support this new… — Sean Hepburn Ferrer Copy Share Image
You don't have control of the car, but you can drive it. Life takes you where it wants you to go and… — Art Alexakis Copy Share Image
“To be wealthy, powerful or famous does mot matter to me. Starting a social good ripple that will turn to an ocean… — Petek Kabakci Copy Share Image
Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power. — Iqbal Quadir Copy Share Image
The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it… — George Davis Herron Copy Share Image
The art of leadership is not to spend your time measuring, evaluating. It's all about selecting the person. And if you believe… — Pierre Nanterme Copy Share Image
When I came into the NFL, there were three things that were very important to me: money, power and prestige. I was… — Ryan Leaf Copy Share Image
I believe we should utilise any power we have for important issues that are bigger and beyond us. Whether it's with refugees… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
[A]ll power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
“Yes you can be a time traveler, journeying to various lokas. You have such powers. Without travelling you can reach far fl… — Aporva Kala Copy Share Image
Powerful is determination You must back up your ambition by your whole nature, by unbounded enthusiasm and a determination to win that… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Now I'm starting to understand what the kind of power is. It has been healing for me, and very therapeutic even today.… — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
All our wealth and all our export power has also come by the fact that other nations were willing to see us.… — Joe Kaeser Copy Share Image
No one can give us power. If we aren’t part of the process of taking it, we won’t be strong enough to… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“When leaders are worthy of respect, the people are willing to work for them. When their virtue is worthy of admiration, their… — Huananzi Copy Share Image
Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array… — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
“The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“Once you understand how powerful you are within, you exponentially increase the power and potentiality of everything outside of you.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom. — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
I don't pose as an authority on anything at all, I follow the opinions of the ordinary people I meet, and I… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way. — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
Democracy or military rule, Right from the repressive policies of the ruling class, then grabbing power from the device remains in — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
I think there's a real hunger out there for new voices who will speak more truth to power and who are less… — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory. — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship. — Bruce Coville Copy Share Image
Labour should have fought with every sinew in 2010 to retain power. To give up power voluntarily because you are tired of… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
I think the way to think about the impact of Hiroshima is to think about it as a sudden shift in the… — John Lewis Gaddis Copy Share Image
It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
It is in the intellectual and emotional response, the conscious and subconscious associations of the artist, that the potential power of painting… — Thomas S. Buechner Copy Share Image
Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“Trust means how to strike the right balance upon what IT can give up control, and what IT needs to control.” — Pearl Zhu Copy Share Image
That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
“When a man is on the road to power he buys everyone a drink. Once elected he tries to close the saloons.” — Robert Lautner Copy Share Image
“Ignorance can stifle learning, especially if the ignorant person believes that he or she is not ignorant.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
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