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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.

My three years in politics was very instructive about the way in which the appetite for political power can destroy a human mind, destroy principles and values, and transform people into little monsters.

Quotes by Mario Vargas Llosa

The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth.

Quotes by Mario Puzo

Russia is an important power upon which the U.S.A. imposed a Cold War.

Quotes by Marine Le Pen

I like working with women who own their own power.

Quotes by Marilyn Minter

I like major theology. I like Karl Barth, and I like John Calvin, and I like Martin Luther. The scale of thinking and the power of integration that they're capable of from thinking in that scale is something that's really...

Quotes by Marilynne Robinson

I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.

Quotes by Marina Abramovic

Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star has always been blonde.

Quotes by Marina and the Diamonds

Nobody will admit to playing power games in relationships, but they do.

Quotes by Marina and the Diamonds

People are seeking more power in the individual and less in government and institutions; they want more cooperation and less competition.

Quotes by Marilyn Ferguson

Power is changing hands, from dying hierarchies to living networks.

Quotes by Marilyn Ferguson

Regardless of the gender of the highest wage earner, the balance of power in the relationship will suffer if the higher earner uses control of the purse strings as a system of reward and punishment. It will also suffer if...

Quotes by Marian Keyes

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.

Quotes by Marianne Williamson

Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom.

Quotes by Maria Weston Chapman

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!

Quotes by Maria Mitchell

I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment.

Quotes by Maria Monk

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe', but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.

Quotes by Maria Montessori

Individual investors have become far more powerful than anyone gives them credit for. Today, 85 million Americans invest in stocks. Collectively, that kind of buying and selling power can move markets.

Quotes by Maria Bartiromo

We'll make our voices heard loud and clear on the importance of cost-based power.

Quotes by Maria Cantwell

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation.

Quotes by Marguerite Duras

When you're writing about superpowers, you're writing about power. When you're writing about immortals, you're writing about mortality.

Quotes by Margaret Stohl

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.