Quotes About Power

Hjertet er ikke av glass," sa hun, "hjertet er en muskel, det er en robust rakker.

The two men were greedily hunched over the table, like two wolves disputing a carcass, but their muttered speech in the echoing hall resembled more the grunting of pigs. One was less than a wolf: he was a public prosecutor. The other was more than a pig, he was a chief commissioner of police.

She'd grown to hate people in authority. They did bad things and got away with it.

Ze voelden zich goden op de Olympus, die neerzagen op het ijverige, maar dom aandoende gewriemel van de mieren onder zich [...] Weg Olympus. Ze tuimelden naar beneden volgens een nieuwe wet van Newton, die zegt dat zelfvertrouwen gelijk is aan verbeelding gedeeld door werkelijkheid.

The king reigns, but does not govern.

Lord save us all from the machinations of an intelligent female.

Justice is a very powerful emotion. It sometimes overrides even death.

the universe keeps things balanced by placing those with the abilities to right wrongs in the path of evil. And no matter where you're standing, that path is going to run right through you.

We fatuously hoped that we might pluck from the human tragedy itself a consciousness of a common destiny which should bring its own healing, that we might extract from life's very misfortunes a power of cooperation which should be effective against them.

As the acceptance of democracy brings a certain life-giving power, so it has its own sanctions and comforts. Perhaps the most obvious one is the curious sense which comes to us from time to time, that we belong to the whole, that a certain basic well being can never be taken away from us whatever the turn of fortune.

That's the whole point of bread and circuses; they give employment to the vulgar.

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among the sexes.

What are men to rocks and mountains?

Only a novel"... in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.

The pure power of a life can manifest as beatitude, or as an unspeakable, sheer violence...

Why should one bother to criticize what is inevitable or challenge what is omnipotent?

About 10 000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength.

in early Rome and for much of the Republic, women were commonly married with manus; that is, they passed from the power of their fathers into that of their husbands (who certainly could not be held liable for obligations contracted while a woman was under another's power), or even, if unmarried at their fathers' death, became briefly sui iuris and then passed into power again; remarriage of widows was also regular.

The Titans were gone. They had clashed their last.

The king and ministers of Ling may have high rank, but the judge has greater autonomy. As for the silken cord of the monastic law of Dharma, the judge is the one to tie its silken knot, and, as for the golden yoke of the imperial rule, the judge is the one to give it weight.

Your submission appeals to me," he growls. "Your obedience. And I'll do whatever it takes to get that from you.

Control. Master.

Good girl," he approves, leaning down and whispering in my ear. "While you sit in that dining room dressed like a queen, you will feel the reminder of my control. I will feed your mouth while I master every part of you. Your pussy will throb for me. Your ass will clench in fear and need. Your mouth will water. And tonight, if you behave yourself, I'll grant you a reward.

Iwatch from where I sit on the craggy cliffs of Ballyhock to the waves crashing on the beach. Strong.