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“The news isn’t how bad things are. The news is how good they could be. And our own activity could be part of the unfolding of Heaven on earth. There is no more powerful motivation than to feel we’re being used in the creation of a world where love has healed all wounds.”
Marianne Williamson (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have 206 law schools in the country. You would think they are the first responders to challenge the criminal injustice system, conditions in the prison, violation of civil rights, crushing consumer rights, and the government being taken over by corporations. It's not happening. It's like they're training technicians... lawyers to serve the powerful interests.”
Ralph Nader (born 1934) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lawlessness by the rich and powerful is the norm... Either they violate the law with impunity, or they make sure the law provides loopholes for them with their influence in Congress. ...They are extremists... [T]hey... have no conscience, no soul. The corporate entity is an artificial being driven maniacally by profit...”
Ralph Nader (born 1934) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.”
Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Can A Smart Person Believe in God? (2004) by Michael Guillen, Ch. 7 : Hope Springs Eternal, p. 90
Also quoted by: Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (pt)
“Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available, we shall, in an emotional sense, acquire an additional dimension... Once let the sheer isolation of the Earth become plain to every man, whatever his nationality or creed, and a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose. (1948)”
Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have to come clean; I've broken a lot of laws, and the ones I haven't I've certainly thought about. I have sinned in thought, word, and deed. God forgive me. Actually God forgave me, but why would you? I'm here getting a doctorate, getting respectable, getting in the good graces of the powers that be, I hope it sends you students a powerful message: Crime does pay.”
Bono (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I was nominated for the position of Vice President I was very unenthusiastic about it. But I took the post because it provided a powerful platform to talk on matters that are important for the country.”
Joni Madraiwiwi (1957–2016) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Closing address to the National Youth Peace camp at Debua, 9 December 2005.
“I don’t care what they put on me. The government is my enemy; the powerful Jews are my enemy; scared-to-death Negroes are my enemy; and weak Muslims and hypocrites are my enemy! But here I stand, unfazed by a government that wants my life! I told President Trump what he was planning. He tweets about everybody else—he doesn’t tweet back at me.”
Louis Farrakhan (born 1933) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But France's powerful armies, and a very large number of fortresses, ensure that the French Sovereign will possess the throne forever, and they do not have anything to fear now concerning internal wars or their neighbors invading France.”
Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786) said by 1786 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cuba and Belgium are both countries of modest size, surrounded by large, powerful and often hostile powers.”
José Martí (1853–1895) said by 1895 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Barricades of ideas are worth more than barricades of stones. There is no prow that can cut through a cloudbank of ideas. A powerful idea, waved before the world at the proper time, can stop a squadron of iron-clad ships, like the mystical flag of the Last judgement.”
José Martí (1853–1895) said by 1895 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.”
José Martí (1853–1895) said by 1895 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.”
Yanni (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It (North America) has drawn heavily from the strength of each community of its people to build the richest and the most powerful nations on earth. You are privileged and fortunate to be in a land that recognises and rewards individual talent and enterprise.”
Mahendra Chaudhry (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s a map of a non-existent coast under an imaginary constellation on an impossible sky in—” he grunted, twisting something—“the middle of a ring of meaningless numbers. That’s why it’s powerful. That’s why it’s magic.”
Samuel R. Delany (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Impart additional strength to our happy Union. Diversified as are the interests of its various parts, how admirably do they harmonize and blend together! We have only to make a proper use of the bounties spread before us, to render us prosperous and powerful.”
Henry Clay (1777–1852) first seen 1812 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech on the Increase of the Navy, House of Representatives (22 January 1812)
“It might be crazy to expect a high government official to speak the truth. It might be crazy to believe that government policy will be something more than the handmaiden of the most powerful interests. It might be crazy to argue that we should preserve a tradition that has been part of our tradition for most of our history — free culture. If this is crazy, then let there be more crazies. Soon.”
Lawrence Lessig (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you stood up and told the truth in the wrong way, it was not true any longer, though it might be as powerful as ever.”
Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since such very powerful kings have not disdained walls built of brick, although... they might often have had them not only of masonry or dimension stone but even of marble, I think that one ought not to reject buildings made of brick-work, provided that they are properly "topped.”
Vitruvius (80–15 BC) said by 15 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You might think that a hornbill would have the most powerful excavation tool of all, but in fact its huge beak is a relatively delicate structure and no use at all as a chisel.”
David Attenborough (born 1926) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As I believe I observed earlier,” said the albino prince to the still-cowed Gaynor, “the most powerful of beings are not necessarily the most intelligent, nor, indeed, sane, nor well-mannered. The more one knows of the gods, the more one learns this fundamental lesson...”
Michael Moorcock (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Fabians laid the groundwork for modern social democracy, and their influence on the world would end up being at least as powerful as that of Marx.”
Alan Greenspan (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not possible to make a LASTING compromise between technology and freedom, because technology is by far the more powerful social force and continually encroaches on freedom through REPEATED compromises.”
Theodore Kaczynski (1942–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Leninist agrarian reform has created a new and powerful layer of popular enemies of socialism on the countryside, enemies whose resistance will be much more dangerous and stubborn than that of the noble large landowners.”
Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But here is the "ego" of the Russian revolutionary again! Pirouetting on its head, it once more proclaims itself to be the all-powerful director of history — this time with the title of His Excellency the Central Committee of the Social Democratic Party of Russia.”
Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For the music, it’s not about the individual — so the more you let the music speak for yourself, the more powerful the music will be.”
Maynard James Keenan (born 1964) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Carl Kozlowski (September 11, 2008) "Taste in the making: Tool’s Maynard James Keenan shifts his focus from writing dark lyrics to creating zesty wines", Pasadena Weekly. Southland Publishing.
“The rules followed are tight enough to produce a broad overlap in the decisions taken by all individuals and hence a convergence powerful enough to be labelled human nature.”
E. O. Wilson (1929–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Although the mass of the people accepted the white man's God, either under physical duress or because he seemed more powerful than their own Gods, they never assimilated the ideas of Christianity.”
Penny Lernoux (1940–1989) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cry of The People (1977).
“At stake are two different visions of faith, the Church of Caesar, powerful and rich; and the Church of Christ - loving, poor and spiritually rich.”
Penny Lernoux (1940–1989) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: People of God (1989).
“Peace Train" is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again. As a member of humanity and as a Muslim, this is my contribution to the call for a peaceful solution.”
Cat Stevens (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The biggest thing [Frida] brought into my life was this peacefulness. I still get passionate about things, but my passion is not so scattered and it's not needy. It's a lot more powerful because it comes with this groundedness and peacefulness. That it's about the process, not about the results.”
Salma Hayek (born 1966) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conversation with Salma Hayek" (2002)
“Poor Felix Randal; How far from then forethought of, all thy more boisterous years, When thou at the random grim forge, powerful amidst peers, Didst fettle for the great grey drayhorse his bright and battering sandal!”
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) said by 1889 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am the last Avatar in this present cycle of twenty-four, and therefore the greatest and most powerful. I have the attributes of five. I am as pure as Zoroaster, as truthful as Ram, as mischievous as Krishna, as gentle as Jesus, and as fiery as Muhammad.”
Meher Baba (1894–1969) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement to his women mandali, December 1942, as quoted in Gift of God (1996) by Arnavaz Dadachanji, p. 72.
“Mankind has used two powerful weapons to destroy its own powers and enjoyment, wrong indulgence and wrong abstinence.”
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The end of a stage of evolution is usually marked by a powerful recrudescence of all that has to go out of the evolution.”
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) first seen 1909 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: September 18, 1909
“If his inmost heart could have been laid open, there would have been discovered that dream of undying fame, which, dream as it is, is more powerful than a thousand realities.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) first seen 1828 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fanshawe" (1828)
“Today, 9 May, exactly forty-nine months and three days after the Fascist attack on Yugoslavia, the most powerful aggressive force in Europe, Germany, has capitulated.”
Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jasper Ridley, Tito: A Biography (Constable and Company Ltd., 1994), p. 252.
“Your own inner capabilities and potentials are more varied and powerful than you realize. The purpose of this book is to enable you to recognize and use them in daily life. You use them now, but in a subdued and inefficient manner. They work in spite of you.”
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Feminism] is alienating women from their own bodies … because they don’t understand that they have something that men want, okay? So they’re encouraged to interpret all male lust as oppressive and victimizing and negative, instead of seeing that it is up to them to husband this flame. They have a flame, and it’s enormously powerful…”
Camille Paglia (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are very much a band and we always have been, and we are more than ever. In our personal lives and our professional lives, there’s this thing that links us where we would do anything for the others and its a very powerful feeling, to go have gone through everything we’ve been through with the same group of people. We knew each other when we had nothing. source”
Chris Martin (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The emergent humans were still animals, still bound by natural law. No innovation in the way they lived would have taken root if it had not given them an adaptive advantage in the endless struggle to survive. An ability to believe in things that weren’t true was a powerful tool.”
Stephen Baxter (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life, and stir with an uneasy, half vital motion. Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavour to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.”
Mary Shelley (1797–1851) said by 1851 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unnecessary. They will form a powerful check upon the regular troops, and will generally be sufficient to over-awe them.”
Tench Coxe (1755–1824) first seen 1787 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On October 21, 1787.
“[If Britain withdrew from the EEC] the wild men of the left would certainly try to build a barrier against the outside world. But they would be confronted by such powerful economic gales that they would be forced to build the barriers higher and higher until they had finally built an economic Berlin wall around Britain. Within that wall would be a socialist state running a siege economy.”
Edward Heath (1916–2005) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (28 April 1975), quoted in The Times (29 April 1975), p. 2
“I got God on my side. I'm just trying to survive. What if what you do to survive Kills the things you love? Fear's a powerful thing; It can turn your heart black you can trust. It'll take your God filled soul And fill it with devils and dust”
Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Joy. That is one of the main blessings of the All-Powerful. If we are happy, we are on the right road.”
Paulo Coelho (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whenever the mind of a person is rectified, he becomes strong and powerful in appearance.”
Ja'far al-Sadiq (699–765) said by 765 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There was always something about Creative Commons and its name that bugged me, too. The name sounds like a variation of the once-powerful Common Cause political-action committee. A ring of days gone by — nostalgia. All I see here is making the very easy and simple U.S. copyright laws more complex for no apparent reason, except maybe as a protest.”
John C. Dvorak (1946–2026) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Creative Commons Humbug" in PC Magazine (18 July 2005)
“You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.”
John Calvin (1509–1564) said by 1564 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest!”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source