Top 1200 Absolute Power Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

Listen, there is no equality without the loss of power. Someone is going to have to lose power. That is really uncomfortable for some people to actually think about, but in order for marginalized people to gain power, white, cisgender, straight, people are going to have to lose some and that's just how it is.

The absolute worst thing you can do in a scene is be apathetic.

For me, I think there is no absolute standard on masculinity.

I protest against any absolute conclusion.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.

Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth.

Before you can kill a demon, you have to be able to say it's name. Names have power. While the word Alzheimer's terrorizes us, it has power over us. When we are prepared to discuss it aloud, we might have power over it. It's thought of as a mental illness and it is a physical illness, affecting the brain. There should be no shame in having it, yet people still don't talk about it

I like small actors. They are my absolute favourite.

There’s only one power in the world great enough to help us rise above the difficult things we face: the power of God.

The basic lesson of our relativistic universe is that things change. Any power must always meet a greater power.

The thing is, when you put a button in someone's hand and give them the power of yes or no, no is a shorter word. People just say no. The power lies in who can say no the most. But, real power, though, lies in the opportunity to say yes. I think people ultimately realize that, but not when they're in the spotlight.

When you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most.

All political institutions are manifestations and materializations of power; they petrify and decay as soon as the living power of the people ceases to uphold them.

Plato compared the intellect to a charioteer guiding the powerful horses of the passions, i.e., he gave it both the power of perception and the power of control.

The men who seem to know most of God's power have had great, unspeakable longings, at times, for a fresh consciousness of that power.

The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.

The manager cannot share his power with division superintendent or foreman or workman, but he can give them opportunities for developing their power.

There is an art, a science to gaining power. There is a natural force or inclination in all of our beings to accumulate power. The problem that we come into is conditioning.

There's an amazing power that music has, and it definitely had its power over me as a boy. I just saw fit to keep exploring it.

I think 'Videodrome' was an absolute philosophical masterpiece.

Power is not something we should be afraid of. Power is great, power is energy. And in terms of energy, the most important energy is human spiritual energy and when I say spiritual, I feel like have to be very careful, I don't mean religious, I mean the energy of the mind, the energy that exists within us.

I don't want the power. When a project is given to me, and I say yes, I'm gonna oblige everybody who has the power to try to make it work.

God alone knows absolute Truth.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

To think I have spent my life on absolute muck.

It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes.

What is hateful is not rebellion but the despotism which induces the rebellion; what is hateful are not rebels but the men, who, having the enjoyment of power, do not discharge the duties of power; they are the men who, having the power to redress wrongs, refuse to listen to the petitioners that are sent to them; they are the men who, when they are asked for a loaf, give a stone.

The secret of success is an absolute ungovernable curiosity.

I actually have an absolute respect for nurses and hospitals.

Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power.

Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.

Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity.

Power is at the root of the human experience. Our attitudes and beliefs--positive or negative--are all extensions of how we define and use power.

Sangakkara was a force and an absolute gentleman of the game.

Being in the studio is my absolute favorite thing.

Ultimately, power only really listens to power, and if government is to be improved, we must be able to threaten its existence, not merely its reputation.

The purpose of history is to explain the present - to say why the world around us is the way it is. History tells us what is important in our world, and how it came to be. It tells us what is to be ignored, or discarded. That is true power - profound power. The power to define a whole society.

This has all the appearance of a foreign power trying to undermine structures of legitimacy of an American election. That is a serious matter. If I were the media, I would be wary of using anything that came out of these document dumps which serves the purpose of a foreign power. But, at the very least, Americans have to discount this. This is an attempt to hijack and change American democracy by a foreign power. It can't be accepted.

You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.

I have a prejudice against people with money. I have known so many, and none have escaped the corruption of power. In this I am a purist. I love people motivated by love and not by power. If you have money and power, and are motivated by love, you give it all away.

It was lovely, and tempting, to exert power over men and to shine before others, but power also had its perditions and perils.

Our founders insisted that protecting the states' power to govern themselves was vital to limit the power of Washington and preserve freedom.

I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money, was extremely strong for me.

It is the absolute right of India to misgovern herself.

There always exists an absolute norm to be preserved

I think it's important to be an absolute believer and have that confidence.

I am an absolute geek, without doubt.

Music doesn't hurt anybody, that's what's amazing. Everything is in there, every kind of human emotion, from the darkest to the lightest. And it has power. Unbelievable power.

There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.

No one should tolerate indecent behaviour; it's an absolute no.

If there is anything of power in The Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.

Cordless vacuums are designed for quick jobs, but you need enough power to do the job; you don't want the power waning over time.

The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descendants who were the new administrators of power and wealth in the country. And those families for generations have maintained themselves in positions of power. Latin America founded itself on everyone being equal, but in reality we aren't.

There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.

The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history.

My absolute favorite food of all time is alpaca.

I am an absolute lover of Indian food.

When you exercise your will power you release the power of life energy - not when you merely wish passively to be able to obtain an objective.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.