Potent Quotes

269 Potent quotes by 228 unique authors

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. — Herman Melville
A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold. — John Lothrop Motley
I was proper, proper fast at one point, and obviously I'm not now, so I've lost certain things, but when I was that fast I… — Michael Owen
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that… — Edward Sapir
I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving. — Adam Savage
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. — Norman Schwarzkopf
In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love? — Igor Stravinsky
What force is more potent than love? — Igor Stravinsky
Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. — Andrew Weil
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of… — Walt Whitman
Almost everyone shuts down when science becomes too technical; you've got to infuse it with entertainment and storytelling to make it effective. From high school… — Greg Graffin
Agarikon contains antiviral molecules new to science. Researchers for pharmaceutical companies may have missed its potent antiviral properties. Our analyses show that the mycelial cultures… — Paul Stamets
My imagination? No, I don't think it's VIVID at all. On the contrary, it's not nearly potent enough. My poor imaginative faculties have always needed...extentions.… — Thomas Ligotti
If God existed (a question concerning which Jubal maintained a meticulous intellectual neutrality) and if He desired to be worshiped (a proposition which Jubal found… — Robert A. Heinlein
. . . Moon-Watcher felt the first faint twinges of a new and potent emotion. It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy--of dissatisfaction… — Arthur C. Clarke
And just for a moment I had reached the point of ecstasy that I always wanted to reach, which was the complete step across chronological… — Jack Kerouac
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. — Isaac Asimov
She should have remembered her past experiences in the relationship wars and not let herself get so excited. Evidently her hormones had overruled her common… — Linda Howard
It may be that until now there has been no more potent means for beautifying man himself than piety: it can turn man into so… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force! — Charlotte Bronte
How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination. — Geoffrey Chaucer
The taipan is the one to watch out for. It is the most poisonous snake on Earth, with a lunge so swift and a venom… — Bill Bryson
About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and I didn’t know how potent that… — Stephenie Meyer
George unhinged his jaw and coughed up a little plastic bottle filled with chewable vitamins. "You're kidding," I said. "Are those Minotaur-shaped?" Hermes picked up… — Rick Riordan

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