Quotes About Dominance

Murchaud's hands lightened on his hips; Murchaud's teeth closed on the nape of his neck like a stallion conquering a mare. He cried out, but Morgan's mouth muffled the sound.

Command was good her her, and she was good for it.

The way to tame a wild thing is not to pursue it, but to make it pursue you. This is the way Merlins have always been brought to heel.

I might have her body under control-but she, in her own way, had mine. I was going where she wanted to go, where her friends were waiting for us. And okay, it might be a little embarrassing for her to explain how she wound up handcuffed to a stanchion, but she could probably spin that as part of her master plan to subvert me.

He's so bad he can be sweet as ice cream every second and nobody forgets for any one of those seconds that he's the baddest man in the room. That's what I like. Men who could beat up my dad. They make me feel safe.

the world was a place where those who had power could do what they wanted and those without it were the victims. The world would try to make him its victim, so it was always best to strike first.

Being a king was not about pleasing people. It was about controlling them.

What Boiga irregularis has done in Guam, he observes, "is precisely what Homo sapiens has done all over the planet: succeeded extravagantly at the expense of other species.

succeeded extravagantly at the expense of other species.

Those with power never willingly concede their control.

He pressed his forearms flat against the wall, caging me with his body. Electric heat sparked in the space between us. He pulled back. His irises swirled with silver flecks, twisting into a metallic pool. His Wolf stared down at me. "I don't want anyone touching you, except me.

If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson

Water is powerful. It can wash away earth, put out fire, and even destroy iron.

On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics.

Lenin did not care either way. Their time would come later; for now, his message had been broadcast loud and clear. No one, absolutely no one, would be allowed to stand in the way

In the absence of any force to maintain law and order, power belonged to whoever was strong enough to seize it.

The man who claimed to be better than anyone else had to be ready to prove it, with his words, his actions, or his fists.

Dictatorship is the power relying upon force unbound by any laws.

Indian, Chinese, and other Third World intellectuals would encounter a century or two later: how to deal with a dominant culture that one admired but that threatened to overwhelm one's own heritage, and oneself with it.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude

Para bien o para mal, a despecho del turco, el francés, el holandés, el inglés y la puta que los parió, España tuvo, durante un siglo y medio, bien agarrados a Europa y al mundo por las pelotas

Oderint dum metuant. Que me odien, pero que me teman.

Cuanto más poder se alcanza, más limitada es la ocasión de ejercerlo. Gaspar de Guzmán, conde de Olivares

A diferencia de ustedes, los norteamericanos sólo hemos venido a saquear… No dejamos catedrales ni universidades, ni nada a cambio de cuanto arrebatamos en territorios, ni de los tesoros que nos llevamos en barcos y trenes