Power Lies Quotes

30 quotes by 29 authors

The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one… — Noam Chomsky
Your great power lies not on the surface, but deep within your being. — Roger McDonald
The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers - weak, empty fingers. The only time the black… — Jesse Owens
The current moguls understand that true media power lies not in firing up our outrage, as Hearst did, but in befuddling it or tranquilizing it… — Richard Schickel
Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who… — Malala Yousafzai
The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only… — Naomi Wolf
Pray on, dear one- the power lies that way — Mary Slessor
There are some things we can control and others we simply cannot. And our ability to distinguish between them is critical to our happiness and… — Clifton Anderson
Literature for meâ€¦ tries to heal the harm done by stories. (How much harm? Most of the atrocities of history have been created by stories,… — Geoff Ryman
Power lies in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures, he will be the loser at the end. — Khalil
Don't blend in; instead, clash with your environment. Stand out. Be different. That's what will draw attention to your ideas. Nothing has intrinsic attention-grabbing power… — Nancy Duarte
Wherever you are, thatâ€™s your stage, your circle of influence. Thatâ€™s your talk show, thatâ€™s where your power lies. ... You have the power to… — Oprah Winfrey
Hope is much more than a mood. It involves a commitment to action.... What we hope for should be what we are prepared to work… — John Polkinghorne
Americaâ€™s true power lies not in its will to dominate but in its ability to inspire. — Robert Byrd
The reality is that nearly 80 percent of the world's purchasing power lies outside the United States, and if we don't tap those markets, others… — John Hoeven
The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down on their task… — Theodore Roosevelt
War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
So in everything: power lies with those who control finance, not with those who know the matter upon which the money is to be spent.… — Bertrand Russell
A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies… — R. Scott Bakker
He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his… — Charles Dickens

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