Impotence Quotes

105 Impotence quotes by 92 unique authors

Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action. If it leads to change then… — Audre Lorde
Hasn't it ever occurred to you that in your promiscuous pursuit of women you are merely trying to assuage your subconscious fears of sexual impotence?"… — Joseph Heller
As is well known, the priests are the most evil enemies—but why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know… — Erica Jong
It is always from the depths of its impotence that each power center draws its power, hence their extreme maliciousness, and vanity — Gilles Deleuze
I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short; and that to despise all effort… — John Fowles
To suggest personal will and effort to one all sicklied o'er with the sense of irremediable impotence is to suggest the most impossible of things.… — William James
Further, Dr. Gold said with a straight face, the pill at optimum dosage could have the side effect of impotence. Until that moment, although I'd… — William Styron
It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while… — Eric Hoffer
We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence. — Fernando Pessoa
We live in the shadow of crime with the unspoken understanding that we are victims.. of fear, of violence, of social impotence. A man has… — Frank Miller
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence. — Ayn Rand
I'm just reveling in the glory of not having to hear the neediness and impotence of my own voice. — John Green
The English language needs a word for that feeling you get when you badly need help, but there is no one you can call because… — David Wong
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who… — Philibert Joseph Roux
Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt.… — Kevin DeYoung
Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an… — Mohamed ElBaradei
Never underestimate the ability of political leaders to misread history on a monumental scale. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have both served to hasten… — Martin Jacques
The early 1960s, when I started my graduate studies at UC Berkeley, were a period of experimental supremacy and theoretical impotence. — David Gross
I got into online trading. It was alarmingly easy to do. I went through the whole cycle of emotions, from supreme self-confidence to total impotence.… — James Lasdun
So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful… — Winston Churchill
It is not their love for men but the impotence of their love for men which hinders the Christians of today from burning us — Dylan Thomas
Ignorance is not bliss; ignorance is impotence; it is fear; it is cruelty; it is all the things that make for unhappiness — Unknown Author
The impotence of God is infinite — Anatole France
Justice is often rendered impotence by the art of falsehood, conceit and sophistry perfected by lawyers and politicians. — Babloo

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