Powers Quotes
1705 quotes by 1103 authors
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To die quickly in one's eighth decade at the very top of one's powers is an enviable end, and not an occasion for mourning.
— Brendan Gill
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In all tyrannical governments the supreme magistracy, or the right both of making and of enforcing the laws, is vested in one and the same…
— William Blackstone
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Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much…
— Donna Tartt
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Great wars can only be fought by great powers.
— Michael Mandelbaum
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The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict,…
— Michael Mandelbaum
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I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.
— Norman MacCaig
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Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in…
— John Boyd Orr
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The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very necessity…
— Richard Owen
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The founders understood that democracy would inevitably evolve into a system of legalized plunder unless the plundered were given numerous escape routes and constitutional protections…
— Thomas DiLorenzo
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Threefold are those supreme births of this divine force that is in the world, they are true, they are desirable; he moves there wide-overt within…
— Sri Aurobindo
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The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars of the European…
— James Monroe
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I've actually always wanted to be able to read people's minds. My sister did a movie with super-powers and that's the one I would have…
— Kay Panabaker
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There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations…
— Li Peng
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In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce…
— Russell Pearce
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The success of the second 'Austin Powers' caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided not to do even a second one, unless…
— Jay Roach
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The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are…
— Larry Sabato
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We have developed psychic powers in other lives. Now we have many problems because of it, many voices in the mind due to this crowded…
— Frederick Lenz
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I have seen people who practice yoga and Buddhism who are scared to death of the sorcery powers of others. This is absurd.
— Frederick Lenz
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There are powers and forces that will seek to block you, to make your life more difficult. But if you are up to the study,…
— Frederick Lenz
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Expect forces to interfere with you and expect to conquer them all, if you are serious about the study. Just as there are powers that…
— Frederick Lenz
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