“An ordinary man gets arrogant with beauty, conceited with knowledge and ruthless with power.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Each time I look at my members, I rely on them to act as a driving force that I can always lean… — Jeongyeon Copy Share Image
Political activism is not failing because people are too busy watching cat videos online, but because of a fundamental collapse of citizen… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
There is psychological pleasure in this takeoff, too, for the swiftness of the plane’s ascent is an exemplary symbol of transformation. The… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“What I’m talking about is the order of chosen men who inherit power. From Pharaohs and kings to bankers and executives. Their… — Nick Drnaso Copy Share Image
The seventeenth century is everywhere a time in which the state's power over everything individual increases, whether that power be in absolutist… — Jacob Burckhardt Copy Share Image
Men such as President Bill Clinton don't have trouble showing a warmth which works for him, but women in power seem hesitant… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
“We suffer sometimes from the hubris of believing that control is a matter of applying sufficient force, or a sufficiently detailed set… — Mark Burgess Copy Share Image
The Servant who really studies his Master gradually becomes like his master; gradually learns that he himself is the one who in… — Don Cupitt Copy Share Image
When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that… — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
The appointing power vested in the president imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as it is possible to be informed, I… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
“Unless you're involved in the system of coercive force, with money alone you don't get power.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
“...his success in public relations had been due primarily to his masterful utilization of a single public relations technique: identifying himself with… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
“...if you're an actor, and you've thought your way into the part, then you're character portrayal will have authority...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“No system that implies control of society by privilege seekers has ever ended any other way but collapse” — William E. Dodd Copy Share Image
Even in 'The Red Shoes,' a film that nobody ever has complaints about, there are enormous continuity bumps, and it doesn't matter.… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I went to Afghanistan in '96 to write about terrorist training camps south of Jalalabad and Tora Bora, in the mountains. I… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
The craving for power is in itself a sign of inferior abilities and unfitness for responsibility. — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
There is a reason you keep hearing about the power of educating girls in the developing world. It's a reason so simple… — Richard E. Robbins Copy Share Image
My writing partner and I usually write separately, because if we write together we are liable to go a little nuts. The… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
The blunt tools of legislation or union power can force a corporation to pay higher wages, but if employees don't create an… — Charles Platt Copy Share Image
Our grandkids will lead the lives of the gods of mythology. Zeus could think and move objects around. We'll have that power.… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
It was impossible for Hillary Clinton to have chosen a path to the White House that bypassed the loathing, jeering derision and… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
My power is my property. My power gives me property. My power am I myself, and through it am I my property. — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.'… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
“There was power in the pen, I knew this for certain...It was there all the time, just waiting for me.” — Shay Youngblood Copy Share Image
One of the principal factors fueling the proliferation of the abuse of secrecy and sensitive but unclassifieds is the administration's adherence to… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
James Goldsmith is important because he used the power of the markets to break up the cosy patrician elite that ran Britain… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
