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Power Quotes

Lines on power, wherever it shows up.

Rather than sticking to one definition, this set moves between the power of computing infrastructure, a hitter's power at the plate, and the power a film has to hold a room the way old storytelling once did. Compare notes on strength and character in our Great page.

The power dynamic that exists in venture capital is despicably unfair. The gap of influence between male venture capitalists and female entrepreneurs is frightening, and I hate that my behavior played a role in perpetrating a gender-hostile environment.

Quotes by Justin Caldbeck

My father was a Little League dictator. That really affected me, his control-freakery, his impunity, his arbitrary unreasonable power.

Quotes by Junot Diaz

Well, when you look at a lot of science fiction novels they're asking questions about power. There are questions about what it means to have power and what are the long-term consequences of power.

Quotes by Junot Diaz

Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all in your power to prevent their being free.

Quotes by Jupiter Hammon

Partisans fight on familiar territory with professed political objectives to conquer power. This is what distinguishes them from terrorists.

Quotes by Jurgen Habermas

I really believe in my hands and my power to knock people out, and I will try to keep looking for that, for knockouts.

Quotes by Junior dos Santos

Father Fernando did every thing in his power to assist the sick; and although he arrived much reduced in flesh, he did not become ill, and is now well.

Quotes by Junipero Serra

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

Quotes by Julius Caesar

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

Quotes by Julius Caesar

I'm an optimist about the power of technology to transform lives for the better.

Quotes by Julius Genachowski

Television has tremendous power over our lives.

Quotes by Julie Nixon Eisenhower

There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.

Quotes by Julie Taymor

There is a universal fascination with the living dead. There is more to a zombie story that a bunch of corpses attacking the living. The real power of such a story lies with the undercurrent of hopelessness compounded by a...

Quotes by Julie Ann Dawson

Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.

Quotes by Julian Casablancas

We believe that housing is a power platform to spark great opportunities in people's lives and help them achieve the American dream.

Quotes by Julian Castro

When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued.

Quotes by Julia Margaret Cameron

There is so much power in vulnerability, and I am proud to be that typecast.

Quotes by Julia Michaels

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

Quotes by Jules Renard

The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried away with terrestrial horrors. But at thirty feet below its level, their reign ceases, their...

Jules Verne

Since I became accidentally famous, it did give me access and, through that access, power that I couldn't just walk away from.

Quotes by Julia Butterfly Hill

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of "power" show up on this page?
This page brings together quotes that use power in very different ways - technology, sports, storytelling, and even facts. One explains cloud computing as doing your computing on somebody else's computer, predicting that cloud - previously called grid computing - will become very widespread. So don't expect one single theme here; it's a genuine mix. For more wide-ranging reflections, see Life quotes.
Is there a quote about baseball or sports strategy?
Yes. One quote describes a pitching strategy: working the count down until the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, then throwing to his power instead. It's a clever, tactical sense of the word, quite different from the technology and film references elsewhere on this page. See Great quotes for more sharp, memorable lines.
Does this page cover the power of movies or storytelling?
Yes - one quote reflects on the transformational power of film, describing the experience of going to a theater and seeing a movie with a lot of people, and comparing it to an old shaman telling a story. It's one of the more poetic takes on power here. Check out Good quotes for more thoughtful lines.
What does the quote about "facts" say about power?
It says: "Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable." It's the idea that reality itself can be more startling than fiction. For a different take on power, browse Government quotes.
Why does this "Power" page mix technology, sports, film, and facts together?
Because power is a broad word - it can mean computing capability, athletic strategy, cultural influence, or the strength of a fact. Rather than force these into one narrow theme, this page simply gathers the different real ways the word gets used.

A few entries turn the word inward, noting how a plain fact can carry unexpected force. Readers drawn to power in a civic sense may also like Government, while broader reflections sit in Life.