Ascendancy Quote by John Kennedy Toole

“A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair…

— John Kennedy Toole

I think a Donald Trump presidency sets up an Elizabeth Warren ascendancy. And it not Elizabeth Warren, someone of her ilk. And I think…

— Bret Stephens

“Apparently, a week Japan was laughable; but a strong Japan was immediately transformed into the prime example of a "Yellow Peril". Might Japan forever…

— Charles Emmerson

There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others.

— Milton Sapirstein

The dynamism and freedom that characterizes the West is the product of Christianity's reforming itself and moving forward culturally. The ascendancy of the West…

— Charles Colson

“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.”

— Amit Kalantri

When pain has been constant, it has its own momentum and laws. The vital thing is to break its ascendancy over the mind.

— Suzanne Massie

More and more are turning to photography as a medium of expression as well as communication. The leavening of aesthetic approaches continues. While it…

— Beaumont Newhall

“Ascendancy was but one of the countless mysteries of the world, a world where uncertainty ruled all—god and mortal alike—and its rules were impenetrable.”

— Steven Erikson

The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for ever preclude…

— Alexander Hamilton

Remember back then we thought about al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and a few other places? well, we've seen al Qaeda metastasize. It…

— Tom Ridge

If you are trying to live with and maintain ascendancy over same-gender attractions, the best way to do that is to have groups that…

— Dallin H. Oaks