Quotes About Power

So Taborlin fell, but he did not despair. For he knew the name of the wind, and so the wind obeyed him. He

And a ring of red amber that gives me power over demons. And an endless supply of cake.

of them: one for each pontifet in Atur, and an extra for the capitol.

I swear it on my name and my power. I swear it by my good left hand. I swear it by the ever-moving moon.

Why do you need this tongue if a sword will do?

Reputation is like a form of armor, or a weapon you can brandish if need be.

She was indeed a girl of exquisite beauty. She was one of those languid women made of dark honey, smooth and sweet and terribly sticky, who take control of a room with a syrupy gesture, a toss of the hair, a single slow whiplash of the eyes-and all the while remain as still as the center of a hurricane, apparently unaware of the force of gravity by which they irresistibly attract to themselves the yearnings and the souls of both men and women.

He had used only a drop of his perfume for his performance in Grasse. There was enough left to enslave the whole world. If he wanted, he could be feted in Paris, not by tens of thousands, but by hundreds of thousands of people; or could walk out to Versailles and have the King kiss his feet; write the Pope a perfumed letter and reveal himself as the new Messiah; be anointed in Notre-Dame as Supreme Emperor before kings, or even as God come to earth.

con un gesto apacible, un movimiento de la cabellera, un solo y lento destello de la mirada dominaba el espacio y permanecen tranquilas como en el centro de un ciclón, al parecer ignorantes de la propia fuerza de atracción, que arrastra hacia ellas de modo irresistible los anhelos y las almas tanto de hombre como mujeres.

Odours have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions or will. The persuasive power of an dour cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.

Exist? o for?? de convingere a miresmei, mai puternic? decât aceea a cuvântului, privirii, simÅ£irii ÅŸi voinÅ£ei. Ea nu poate fi respins?, ne p?trunde-n pl?mâni ca aerul respirat, se revars? în noi, ne umple întru totul, nu exist? împotriva sa niciun mijloc.

DüÅŸünmek,herkesin acemice uygulamas?na gelmeyecek kadar güç bir ÅŸeydir.

Müzik öyle yücedir ki, hiçbir ak?l s?rr?na eremez; müzikten, her ÅŸeye egemen olan ve kimsenin hesab?n? tutamayaca?? bir etki yay?l?r.

Odours have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions or will. The persuasive power of an odour cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.

Hay en el perfume una fuerza de persuasión más fuerte que las palabras, el destello de las miradas, los sentimientos y la voluntad. La fuerza de persuasión del perfume no se puede contrarrestar, nos invade como el aire invade nuestros pulmones, nos llena, nos satura, no existe ningún remedio contra ella

Ka një fuqi bindëse aroma, e cila është më e madhe sesa fjalët, sesa pamja e jashtme, sesa ndjenja e dëshira. Fuqia bindëse e aromës nuk kundërshtohet dot, ajo futet brenda nesh ashtu si ajri në mushkëritë tona; ajo na mbush, na ngop plotësisht; kundër saj nuk ekziston asnjë mjet.

And yet they were alike, so Jonathan thought, the sphinx and the guard, for the power of both was not instrumental, it was symbolic.

Fifty yards farther, he turned off to the right up the rue des Marais, a narrow alley hardly a span wide and darker still—if that was possible. Strangely enough, the scent was not much stronger. It was only purer, and in its augmented purity, it took on an even greater power of attraction. Grenouille walked with no will of his own.

Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power of an odor cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.

He possessed the power. He held it in his hand. A power stronger than the power of money or the power of terror or the power of death: the invincible power to command the love of mankind. There was only one thing that power could not do: it could not make him able to smell himself.

He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.

But perhaps we ask too much of him. Perhaps he really was only a god.

Things started to fly around the room. I don't mean little things like books and lamps. I'm talking the refrigerator, the stove, and the couch. It was like a deadly game of dodge ball. I

Men. Can't live with them, can't turn them into rats when they cheat on you. Well, actually I can. Not that I would. At least not again. Probably," Gani said. "So,