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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.

Ain't nobody ever had a jumpshot like mine, ain't nobody ever power moves like mine, ain't nobody ever tough defense like mine and ain't nobody ever had the courage to be a winner like me.

Quotes by Moses Malone

The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence.

Quotes by Moses Mendelssohn

Comedians have to challenge the power. Comedians should be dangerous and devastating - and funny. That's the hardest part.

Quotes by Mort Sahl

If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good.

Quotes by Morris Raphael Cohen

I am a big believer in the power of journalism; it's a heroic pursuit.

Quotes by Morgan Neville

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

Quotes by Morihei Ueshiba

My favorite TV show is probably 'Power.'

Quotes by Mookie Betts

We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it.

Quotes by Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

I had very strict parents. My two brothers were power and freedom. I was powerlessness and seclusion.

Quotes by Monica Vitti

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

Quotes by Montesquieu

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

Quotes by Montesquieu

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

Quotes by Montesquieu

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.

Quotes by Montesquieu

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

Quotes by Montesquieu

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

Quotes by Montesquieu

It is an abuse of power, when you are President of the United States, to use the White House to single out a single news organization, and castigate them and try to delegitimize them.

Quotes by Monica Crowley

If the government controls your health care, the government controls you. Obamacare was never about health care. It was about government power, dependency, and control.

Quotes by Monica Crowley

If you can write and create original characters, do your own show, develop your own material, it gives you more power than just waiting around to be hired.

Quotes by Molly Shannon

I suppose 'My Hollywood' is only as politically meaningful as it is deeply inside the least powerful of its characters. I wanted it to reveal scenes of subtle exploitation, odd instances of accidental power and challenges to decency specific to...

Quotes by Mona Simpson

I think that you are what you speak a lot of times, and there's power in the tongue. I feel sorry for the people who always have something negative to say. If something happens bad in my day, I don't...

Quotes by Monica

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.