Quotes About Dominance

Tyrannosaurus drinks. Tyrannosaurus drives. Tyrannosaurus rex.

She-who-must-be-obeyed.

In imperial relationships, getting out proves much more complicated than getting in.

Whatever we try to control ends up controlling us

the weak shall not fight only the strong are the chosen ones.

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

Roma ?mparatoru Elagabalus'un, 10.000 fare, 1000 k?r faresi ve 1000 gelincik aras?nda bir dövü? düzenledi?i söylenir. Söylemeye gerek yok, k?r faresi fareyi 'k?r'?p geçirdi, gelincik ikisinin de hakk?ndan geldi.

We live under a system by which the many are exploited by the few, and war is the ultimate sanction of that exploitation.

American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.

Well, I think there is always a conflict between the sexes. Women want to dominate men, but men shouldn't let them do that.

Sadistic pleasure isn't just about the infliction of pain. It also has to do with the assertion of power—the lust to dominate, to reduce a victim to a state of total submission.

The slave is always a tyrant, if he can get a chance to be one.

To guard against the intolerable feeling of shame, we may fold ourselves up and hide in the darkest corner. We may apologize for taking up too much space or for using up too much of the valuable oxygen in the room. Or we may do the opposite and flip shame into contempt, arrogance, a need to control, and displays of one-upmanship, dominance, and superiority. In the latter case the person may be hell-bent on not apologizing to anybody.

Why are we so willing not to accept others who are not precisely like us? Why do racism and anti-Semitism, for example, run so deep in the consciousness of many Americans? Is it because of man's basic inhumanity to man, or is it prompted by a sense of inferiority that makes us want to dominate others, to protect our turf, and to seek a status with no competition?

It is a nasty world that only respects bullies.

There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.

A Leo Moon cannot be dominated. No matter how congenial, generous, and loving other traits may be, even the shiest personality will have a surprisingly strong inner core of independence.

John Edward Acton in 1887. 'Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

He says that he saw you first. That by right, you are his captive. He says that Buffalo Run really has no right to you, that he has pampered you, that he has scorned the Comanche ways. He says that you should be his slave, and that he intends to take you.

Here's a news flash--writers are selfish people. Truth is, creative types like me are driven by one impulse--to make up a world in which we get to control everything and everyone. We decide who enters and who exits, what the weather will be, who will hook up with whom, who will win and who will lose. It makes us feel powerful and, in all honesty, has relatively little to do with thinking about what will make anyone else happy.

Elephants operate on a steadfast principle that all other lifeforms must give way to them, and as far as they were concerned, foreign tourists at a sit down dinner around a swimming pool were no different than a troop of baboons at a swimming hole.

Sometimes it's a dog-eat-dog world and the rest of the time it's the other way around.

Sometimes it's a dog-eat-dog world and the rest of the time it's the other way around.

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