Impotence Quotes

105 Impotence quotes by 92 unique authors

The little individualist, recognizing his individual impotence, realizing that he did not possess within himself even the basis of a moral judgement against his big… — Walter Weyl
Often men's impulses to coerce and degrade women seem to express not a confident assumption of dominance but a desire to retaliate for feelings of… — Ellen Willis
Science promised man power. But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and impotence. Power is… — Joseph Weizenbaum
The peace of the man who has forsworn the use of the bullet seems to me not quite peace, but a canting impotence. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Religion is the love of life in the consciousness of impotence. — George Santayana
The language of Mexicans springs from abysmal extremes of power and impotence, domination and resentment. — Carlos Fuentes
A [Jewish] woman could not divorce her husband, but she could petition for divorce, and the religious courts could force him to grant the divorce… — Israel Shenker
What a person wills and not what they know determines their worth or unworth, power or impotence, happiness or unhappiness. — Robert M. Lindner
Men are terrified of their sexuality. They're all afraid of impotence. — Frederick Lenz
Wise people are able to give themselves gracefully to seemingly contradictory experiences, because they know that they belong to different seasons of life, all of… — Sam Keen
Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift. — Paul Valery
Lacking many of the essential implements, it irritated me to be reduced to impotence in the face of artistic projects to which I had passionately… — Paul Gauguin
I've only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be… — Claude Monet
To think of abstraction as an end in itself is undoubtedly letting oneself be led into a cul-de-sac and can only lead to exhaustion and… — Jacob Epstein
Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything. — Napoleon Bonaparte
In the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of… — Theodore Roosevelt
Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all. — Honore de Balzac
To men of a certain type The suspicion that they are incapable of loving Is as disturbing to their self-esteem As, in cruder men, the… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Great things are accomplished by men who are not conscious of the impotence of man. Such insensitiveness is precious. But we must admit that criminals… — Paul Valery
In an age of enormities, the emotions are naturally weakened. We are continually called upon to have feelings - about genocide, for instance, or about… — Saul Bellow

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