[P]ower is at its most potent when it can operate silently.

“Silence does not mean yes. No can be thought and felt but never said. It can be screamed silently on the inside. It can…

— Amy Reed

Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls.

— Georg Trakl

“Broken polyglots are potent polyglots.”

— Abhijit Naskar

The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition.

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example.

— Timothy McVeigh

Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.

— Michael Arrington

Mr. Speaker, genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to systematically wipe out a people and…

— Jerry Costello

Conformism is a potent statement, and as much as we do talk about individuality in fashion, there's a sense that people are fearful of…

— Erin O'Connor

Dwelling on pain, spending too much time immersed in it, tasting its flavors, fingering its textures--this makes it only more potent.

— Tayari Jones

“How potent was that word. With.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Thoughts alone are potent writs of becoming.”

— Gabriel Brunsdon

“Knowledge is the most potent weapon”

— Thabiso Monkoe

“Your potentials contain local elements that can react with your passion to produce global compounds for the solution of the world’s problems. Go and…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Leadership is built on true character! You lose your leadership when you fake your character. The degree of leadership potential a person can expose…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Fear can be a potent aphrodisiac.”

— Kele Moon