The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature that is to say, of his own life. Thomas Hobbes on power
The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. William Penn on power
Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers. Papers are power. Tom Stoppard on power
The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages. Tom Stoppard on power
The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance. E. B. White on power
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. Meryl Streep on power
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought. Lord Acton on power
I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now. Paul Ryan on power
I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. Saint Teresa of Avila on power
People who avoid the brick walls - all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in order to push through to the next level, to evolve. Jennifer Aniston on power
I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music. David Bowie on power
The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer. Thomas J. Watson on power
Rumors sound of galleries asking artists for upsized art and more of it. I've heard of photographers asked to print larger to increase the wall power and salability of their work. Everything winds up set to maximum in order to feed the beast. Jerry Saltz on power
Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure. Doug Coupland on power
And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the 'mob' - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech. Camille Paglia on power
What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part. Christopher Reeve on power
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. Baltasar Gracian on power
It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control. Camryn Manheim on power
When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception. Emile Coue on power
I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power at the cost of well-being. In the case of a child, it's at the cost of someone's natural development. It's already hard enough to develop. Alanis Morissette on power