Quotes About Power

The American president is a motherfucker.

This, it seemed, was power. The power of fame. Like those pop icons she had seen on social media, who could say a single word and get a million likes and shares. Total fame was when you reached the point where looking like a hero, or genius, or god, required minimal effort.

Kindness is a strong force.' 'And rare.' 'You might be looking in the wrong places.' 'Maybe.

That was the remarkable thing about humans—their ability to shape the path of other species, to change their fundamental nature.

The paradox of volcanoes was that they were symbols of destruction but also life.

You have the power to do good, and you know it.

Like when a shark pops out of an ocean to gobble a fisherman.

Because a pawn is never just a pawn. A pawn is a queen-in-waiting.

Well, you can take that fire and put it in the ocean.

It's true. You make the wrong decision in the present and it haunts you, just as the Treaty of Versailles in nineteen nineteen sowed the ground for Hitler to take power in nineteen thirty-three, so every present moment is paying for a future one. Just one wrong turn can get you very lost. What you do in the present stays with you. It comes back. You don't get away with anything.

Then she realised. A fire had no motive. Only she could have that. The power was hers.

Three simple words containing the power and potential of a multiverse. I AM ALIVE.

One day, if you get into a position of power, tell people this: just because you can, it doesn't mean you should.

Denn auch Wörter sind magisch. Sie können die ganze Welt enthalten.

You see, sometimes, a single child believing in magic - if they believe enough - is enough to restore order to the universe.

I was later to realize that a neatly trimmed lawn was a powerful signifier and should have commanded in me a slight sense of fear and respect, especially in conjunction

She wasn't a black hole, she decided. She was a volcano.

As well as religion, human history is full of depressing things like colonization, disease, racism, sexism, homophobia, class snobbery, environmental destruction, slavery, totalitarianism, military dictatorships, inventions of things which they had no idea how to handle (the atomic bomb, the Internet, the semicolon), the victimization of clever people, the worshipping of idiotic people, boredom, despair, periodic collapses, and catastrophes within the psychic landscape.

If you ever are on Earth and want whatever you are doing to end, look for the button with the red symbol on it.)

On the cross, God subverted everything we intuitively understand about power … For many of us, coming to terms with the thought that great blessings come through great suffering is a tough pill to swallow.

Now I'm a glorified bureaucrat holding on by my fingernails as we all slide into super-powered chaos. A voice of reason in a world gone mad.

Take note of how much space you take up when telling your story. Are your feet far apart or close together? Generally, men take up more space, which has been recognized as a sign of power and being confident. Are your hands and arms moving as you speak? If so, it can add emphasis. Be sure, though, that they are not moving too much and distracting from what you're saying.

Hell, we elected a demagogue last election in this country. People made some comparisons to Hitler.

For all the gifts of computer technology, if its power goes underappreciated, it can hijack the brain.