Quotes About Power

There's so much power in the idea of becoming monstrous. I think we see that in the way some women and girls choose to adorn themselves now. They don't care about being pretty or palatable. They paint their lips black, dye their hair green, file their nails into claws.

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that.

There's nothing like a good pair of heels.

I am chairman of the Pakistan People's Party.

I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

Heads of France lead from a palace, and traditionally they retire to a cloud.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.

For a good chunk of Israelis, it doesn't matter who is in power when it comes to dealing with the Palestinians. Their focus was more on economic issues.

Palestinians have had to live for a long time with the fact that Israelis had power over them in their everyday lives.

The Palestinians have tried everything, and by God, it's Israel's governments that taught us that the only thing the Israelis appreciate is force.

I think the notion of Sarah Palin being president of the United States is something that frightens me, frankly.

If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure that is where they want to be.

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clinches his fist.

The Gandhi family is a pampered lot. They have only dealt with people at their beck and call.

When you pancake a guy, and you feel their breath exhale, to me that's their soul leaving their body.

All around the world, leaders are gaining more power. That's what this pandemic demands: a coordinated whole-of-nation approach with a powerful conductor at its center.

The Pandora's box of unholiness is attempting to sing anything that Freddie Mercury ever sang.

I don't usually turn down work, it usually involves a very big debate with agents and family and your conscience and your sense of panic. But it is the only power we have, as actors - to say no.

I'd love to do 'The Expendables.' It's just a kick in the pants.

A city with one newspaper, or with a morning and an evening paper under one ownership, is like a man with one eye, and often the eye is glass.

Bill Astor knew these papers were missing. Stephen showed his hand in October.

The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders.