Quotes About Power

again. Nefertari

Also zahle ich dem Taxifahrer seinen Fahrpreis und gebe ihm noch ein dickes Trinkgeld, damit er in Zukunft weiß, wer der Feind ist.

Es gibt Krisen, die dadurch entstehen, daß sich eine neue Kraft bildet, die zum Sturm auf das Bestehende ansetzt. Und es gibt auch Krisen, die entstehen dadurch oder bestehen darin, daß man sie dafür hält.

Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master.

Ambitious princes value inherited kingdoms not so much as conquered provinces.

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

Do not make the mistake of thinking that you can defend yourself against this. You can't. Just walk away. Don't try to make your case. At the end of the day, you will be judged by your behavior—not your words. Walking away is very powerful.

Simple' does not mean 'easy'. I have learned that the things that seem the simplest are often the most powerful of all.

Humans are pathetically greedy and easy to manipulate.

Hate is powerful. Hate can be eternal. Hate can be manipulated. And hate can be created.

Even though money seems such an objective topic, it can also be the most intimate, and possibly harmful, part of a relationship.

Groaning, he gripped his fists in the wild stuff. "Contessa.God, Contessa." She straightened, changing the angle, changing the pleasure. She shook her hair back and undulated. She was a contessa.A princess.No,a queen.

If I say "yes" won't this change the order of the world?

There's nothin' more dangerous than a boy with charm.

There's a witch under this hair.

I think all of us as women have this super-human quality. We create life, we give life, we are the sources of life for our children - we're all pretty bionic.

If you really want to know me, I said, we'll have to start with the witches.

These women are a little afraid of Mrs. Murphy, I can see. Over the course of dinner I notice that she can be snappish and short-tempered, and she likes to be the boss. When one of them expresses an opinion she disagrees with, she looks around at the group and gathers allies for her position. But she is nothing but kind to me.

She didn't know that Indian women had more power and authority than white women, a fact detailed in captivity stories.

The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb' (Andre Breton qtd. p. 55)

It has always been believed that the woman has a power of perception beyond what is literally seen and heard. Whether it is called sixth sense or woman's intuition, it is a highly developed, extra sensitive ability to see what is behind and forward in time. The culture of the Goddess appears to have developed this natural ability and made it into a source of power and prestige for thousands of years.

Mother took the big saw from me and walked over to the orange tree which stood at one end of the totally mutilated rose garden. It was a mature tree standing maybe eight feet tall, producing lots of oranges. It was covered with fruit. The nurse, the cook, and I stood at a kind of breathless attention watching her as she began to saw the trunk of the orange tree! Finally we heard a cracking, splintering sound and the orange tree toppled over into the stubby remains of the rose garden.

I intend to marry Michael, and squander all his money and run his life, and make sure he never again consorts with wicked women or gambles with licentious men. I promise I will henpeck him until he has no life beyond what I allow him, and when we die, I will lie in his arms through all eternity.