Quotes About Power

Generally, people who crib about corporate politics are, more often than not, those who've played the game but lost it.

If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic.

You have no right to criticise Russia over Chechnya.

When I was in the PMO, Digvijaya Singh used to call me whenever he wanted to see the PM. He used to go through me. He is under compulsion to criticise me, but I am under no compulsion to criticise him.

In the corporate media, there is almost no criticism of corporations or American empire.

I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an actor, which is to say, Look, you do what we like you to do or else.

We critique all politicians who are in power, whenever there's a talking point.

The rogue states have to be told that there are lines that cannot be crossed.

The future belongs to crowds.

The bottom of the sea is cruel.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

When I say 'Crush your enemy', I don't literally mean it.

There is always the person who's got to stand on the sandcastle, they must crush it.

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

Mao Zedong's way was to make people crazy. It was like a religious cult.

Power is not just political. It can be cultural; it can be spiritual.

I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.

Control, like curiosity, can be an exterminator.

For the Left, victimhood has long carried social currency.

In New York, the currency is money. You have money, and you get anonymity.

I believe our current system of capitalism is slavery by another name.

Everyone knows that our current system is kind of like legalized prostitution. The corporate sector completely controls the civic sector.

I don't believe a thing about a curse. I don't understand how we can talk about a curse. You have to remember, God is blessed and man can't curse, no matter how hard they try.

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.