Power Quotes

I think the touchstone is to give consumers a full, fair choice without the power of a monopoly operating system pushing them in a direction that free competition might or might not achieve.

I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I'm planning to go skydiving. I am into girl power, and I'm very self-sufficient.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

Threats without power are like powder without ball.

In our story logic which we're making up, if we're saying he's alive, then like a quadriplegic who's in bed he can move his head and shoulders, but he can't move his arms. If he could just turn on that power to his legs and arms, the nerves could get through and he could walk.

Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

I believe I am the highest power, absolutely.

Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response.

I have a profound belief in the power of the Sacraments. I believe that in a Divine way the use of them teaches the teachable their inward meaning and therefore I think we need be in no hurry to attempt to teach new converts all that we think we know about them.

The 'transition' involves the transfer of power from one president to another. In recent times, the incoming President has designated a Director of the Transition, a team leader, to oversee and administer the orderly transfer of power.

A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the power to implement those goals.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

If I could have one superpower, I'd want to have the power of mind over matter. I'd want to be able to move things and people with my mind.

The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.

No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.

An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal structure; a local official who has not been paid off can sometimes stop a billion-dollar project.

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north.

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.