Quotes About Perspective

Power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand.

The difference between men and women is that women seek power in order to address issues, while men address issues in order to seek power.

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions

Why should I be honored? Don't I have enough attention, comfort and power already?

I'm starting to believe in the power of a name. Because it can't be a mistake if I just call it 'change.'

I'm a firm believer in anxiety and the power of negative thinking.

Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

The power of the past to still dominate our thinking today.

How much power is there in a thousand noisy engines? I tell you, there is more power in a single blade of grass.

Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.

Power is neither good nor evil.

And as for baby-boomer parents cluck-clucking about illegal substances, ah, gimme a break. Still, I think I'll pass on the rave. But more power to 'em, I say.

It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds; for nothing in itself possesses the power to form our judgements.

Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in thy power.

... Their power to see environments as they really are.

Nothing has any power except the power that you give it.

When money disappears, we soon understand the power of absence.

I don't want to say that having power is overrated, but powerlessness can give rise to a different kind of authority, and that's the kind of authority that writes books.

I think whites are used to being in power, so when whites think we ought to have integrated churches they think, "People ought to come to our church. What can we do to get them to come?"

I travel with a boom box. When I get on a plane, I stuff the power cord for the boom box into the battery compartment. From an outsider's point of view, it looks like I've got it all wrong.

The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still suffer very deeply.

Dean: If there is a greater power, why is it he can't get you a new sweater? Jamie: Because, he's too busy looking for your brain.

I got a little tired of movies where I had to shoot people. I got to thinking about the power of film and what that power is. The power is in fact that it really can change people's minds.

As long as we're here, we are the occupying power. It's a very ugly word, but it's true.