Levers Quotes

78 quotes by 75 authors

Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power. — Fred Reed
The French revolution was a .eune invented and constructed for the purpose of manufacturing liberty; but it had neither lever cogs, nor adjusting powers, and… — Charles Caleb Colton
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence. — Simone Weil
Richard Nixon has never been one of my favorite people anyway. For years I've regarded his existence as a monument to all the rancid genes… — Hunter S. Thompson
Inverted totalitarianism, unlike classical totalitarianism, does not revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader. It finds expression in the anonymity of the Corporate State. It… — Chris Hedges
Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all. — Vernor Vinge
For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers. — Rudolf Rocker
What is the most powerful lever you can imagine? A big idea, but only if it's in the hands of a truly outstanding entrepreneur. It… — Bill Drayton
The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on the proper use… — Hans Kmoch
Do not talk to me of Archimedes' lever. He was an absent-minded person with a mathematical imagination. Mathematics commands my respect, but I have no… — Joseph Conrad
Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change. — Pete du Pont
If there is any one proof of a man's incompetence, it is the stagnant mentality of a worker who, doing some small routine job in… — Ayn Rand
I believe that a lot of our striving after the symbols and levers of success is due to a basic insecurity, a need to prove… — Charles Handy
The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that, as in ju-jitsu, his own… — B. H. Liddell Hart
It is probable that all heavy matter possesses - latent and bound up with the structure of the atom - a similar quantity of energy… — Frederick Soddy
My philosophy is that once you get people compelled enough to sit down and play the game, the whole way you make the game successful… — Richard Garriott
Unless they can pass the same test that immigrants must pass to become citizens, people shouldnt be allowed to vote. The idea that there is… — Charley Reese
If we were magically shrunk and put into someone's brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working… — Gottfried Leibniz
There has been something crude and heartless and unfeeling in our haste to suceed and be great. Our thought has been 'Let every man look… — Woodrow Wilson
The mightiest lever known to the world: imagination. — William Wordsworth

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