Quotes About Dominance

that he alone started and stopped panics.

Mr. Rockefeller, maintaining the utmost courtesy, continued to dominate the room.

Practically not a barrel of oil could get to a railroad without [Rockefeller's] consent.

Cooke seemed invincible to competitors

Standard merely had to dump oil at cost to stamp out competitors.

the shocking revelation that empty space indeed has energy—and enough energy in fact to dominate the expansion of the universe.

Testosterone blends easily with your own hormones.… You have no fear of what any woman may think of your bed conduct. You know you are a master. You know they will be thrilled. You can come many times without weariness.… Many women are not capable of pleasure in sex and anything adverse they say or do has no effect whatever upon your pleasure. You have no fear if they conceive. What if they do? You do not care. Pour it into them and let fate decide.

By giving her what she most wanted, he also placed her and the Indonesian government under his direction. What had been granted could also be taken away. That was an authority he had just awarded himself.

We're going to beat you so hard your kids will be born dizzy.

Some officers of his acquaintance had barked and yelled and shouted. He had always found it more effective to speak low and quiet, enunciating clearly and precisely as if to an idiot child, bearing down with an icy stare. That way he had found the implied menace to be unmistakable.

The smart money brings a gun to a knife fight. Reacher brought a hydrogen bomb.

Law and order are everywhere the law and order which protect the established hierarchy.

I'm going to twist his arm out of his shoulder socket and beat him to death with his own right hand.

Where would the American feel dominant? This is a negotiation, we assume. He'd want a psychological advantage. He would want to be comfortable, and he would want the other guy to be uncomfortable.

The way to take out a gang is to hit the leader first.

He was still talking, audible now, the same flat tones from the telephone, scolding, belittling, humiliating, his head jerking above the vast wattle of his neck.

But this guy was five years too old for that. And behind his greeting he had a proprietorial air. He was saying welcome, for sure, but to my house. Like he owned the place.

guy with the money stood up.

That's me being magnanimous in victory. Normally I kill them, kill their families, and piss on their ancestors' graves.

The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.

waved his hand palm down with

They agree that the chosen have "absolute right" to smash the rest of mankind. They agree that might, being the expression of destiny, makes right.

Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.

I can easily imagine belonging to one man for my entire life, but he would have to be a whole man, a man who would dominate me, who would subjugate me by his inate strength. And every man—I know this very well—as soon as he falls in love becomes weak, pliable, ridiculous. He puts himself into the woman's hands, kneels down before her. The only man whom I could love permanently would be he before whom I should have to kneel.