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“This is known as "victim shaming" now, but it is a true account of how young women felt about a famous, magnetic male who flattered them. And it would be more honest, perhaps, to admit that certain girls will always throw themselves at powerful, sexy, exploitative men.”
Allison Pearson (born 1960) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Beware turning Russell Brand’s story into a conspiracy theory in its own right", The Telegraph (19 September 2023)
“writing has changed me. And there is the powerful need we all have to tell a story, each of us with a piece of the whole pattern to complete. As Alice Walker says, We are all telling part of the same story, and as Sharon Olds has said, Every writer is a cell on the body politic of America.”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(asked about poetry and fiction) the two genres are very connected in some way, because they're both doing the same thing. It's a descent into something older, deeper and more powerful than our everyday being or reality.”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The real place of writing is to make change in the world, and it's a very powerful medium.”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Growing up, my love for theater was insatiable. I just love to make people laugh and clap and smile. When I discovered drama and the ability to move people to tears, it was so powerful. As much as you can feel like God created you to do something, I believe He made me to entertain.”
Zachary Levi (born 1980) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Zachary Levi of She Loves Me" in Talkin' Broadway (2016)
“We like design to be visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all, timeless.”
Massimo Vignelli (1931–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The idea is that we discover Christ in our life – Christ who is risen – and this experience is so powerful that we cannot preserve it for ourselves. We need to share.”
Grzegorz Ryś (born 1964) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Poland holds New Evangelization Congress (30 July 2012) Vatican Radio
“Diversity has become a term of art, a symbol, one so powerful that the symbol is now more important than the thing it was supposed to represent. Wokeness sacrifices true diversity, diversity of thought, so that skin-deep symbols of diversity like race and gender can thrive. Just like Christ in the story, true diversity of thought now represents a threat to the Church of Diversity.”
Vivek Ramaswamy (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“White supremacy is worldwide; the whole war against Hitler was about white supremacy. It's not just an issue in America. I found out last time I was in Europe. I went to Eastern Europe; that's when I found out that white supremacy is just as powerful there as the worst days in Mississippi.”
James Meredith (born 1933) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no more profound human bias than the expectation that tomorrow will be like today. It is a powerful heuristic tool because it is almost always correct.”
Ezra Klein (born 1984) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This Changes Everything (March 13, 2023), The New York Times
“Patriarchy requires that powerful women be discredited so that its own system will seem to be the only one that reasonable or intelligent people can subscribe to.”
Paula Gunn Allen (1939–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We live in a world where the powerful can do what they want and the rest of us just have to accept it”
Tiphanie Yanique (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The first sign is a powerful and continuing nationalism that is being speared into our national fabric. It is superficial, it is xenophobic, it is narrow. It has a lust to divide. It is not a desire to unite.”
Mahua Moitra (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The love of Jesus Christ is the most powerful weapon against hatred. Only the light of Christ can quench the torches of hatred and violence. Let us pray for peace.”
Francis Xavier DiLorenzo (1942–2017) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo Statement on Events Occurring in Charlottesville (12 August 2017) Catholic Diocese of Richmond
“Chastity doesn’t involve surgery, does it? We’re still sexual beings. Sex is a won- derful gift, a physical way to express the most powerful force in all existence — love. Sex is a brilliant idea of God’s, I think. Almost like a sacrament. ... D-d-don’t tell the Abbot!”
Joseph Warrilow (1909–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God grew out of the memories of powerful men.”
Robert Holdstock (1948–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world's most powerful governments and corporations will not act if they are not pressured from below. (p 181)”
Aviva Chomsky (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s not that I don’t fear. I’m a natural human being but I know there is something more powerful than fear and that is the future and destiny of our country. Article by chimplyf, chimpreports (October 1, 2018)”
Bobi Wine (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“women are a powerful force for change across the globe. .”
Betty Korir (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Language was powerful and delicate — it can make and unmake a person, it can break a nation — it was language that led to the Rwandan genocide.”
Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are appalled at how this horror and tragedy that is unfolding continues to get worse and worse. I think the world has seen enough, and it is time for the most powerful in the world to put a stop to this horror that Israel is unfolding against the people of Palestine.”
Naledi Pandor (born 1953) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/15/south-african-minister-says-world-has-seen-enough-violence-in-palestine aljazeera (November 15,2023)
“Feminism is so powerful: because it is not an event that is just emerging now. It is embedded in the oldest memories of human consciousness about freedom. We are born with this instinct to be free and then begin the struggle to resist the attempts to appropriate our freedom, which we experience through the marking of our bodies and the commodification of our bodies.”
Patricia McFadden (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I dream of the day when To Revolutionary Type Love might become an icon, might be considered this different and powerful thing that came out of Kenya and spoke on behalf of many marginalised people, people who should be accepted as part of the fabric of society.”
Kawira Mwirichia (1986–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With NHS staff being forced to witness our patients dying in corridors, in cupboards, on floors and in stranded ambulances, we can only thank our lucky stars that the country's second most powerful politician is the man who last year published Zero: Eliminating Unnecessary Deaths in a Post-Pandemic NHS.”
Rachel Clarke (born 1972) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ministers could help the patients dying in NHS hospital corridors right now – they just choose not to", The Guardian (6 January 2023).
“Socialist China will surely flourish and become powerful; the goal of the four modernizations will certainly be attained! Together with the people of all nationalities in our country, let us hold high the great banner of Chairman Mao, continue the revolution and make concerted efforts to achieve this great goal!”
Hua Guofeng (1921–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Conflict does breed innovation, but so does diversity and cultural development. Bringing people together to share ideas is just as powerful a catalyst.”
Wesley Chu (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[A]buse is deeply distressing and highly damaging to the victim. It is not made significantly more so because the perpetrator holds a powerful political position or wears black robes. Such claims excite journalists and attract more public attention; they do not help victims.”
Peter Wilby (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Finns, who had not proved themselves intelligent enough to become the advocates of civilization, could safely remain peasants, while the most sacred pursuits of mankind [the promotion of culture] were to be left to the more powerful nations; such had been and still were the nations of the Indo-Germanic race.”
Axel Olof Freudenthal (1836–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today most political commentators or historians still do not want to give full credit to the effectiveness of SNCC, but many of the most powerful and successful struggles of the Civil rights movement were initiated and won by SNCC, including most of the voting rights struggles and the Mississippi phase of the freedom movement.”
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“the thing that we call "laziness" is often actually a powerful self-preservation instinct. When we feel unmotivated, directionless, or "lazy," it's because our bodies and minds are screaming for some peace and quiet. When we learn to listen to those persistent feelings of tiredness and to honor them, we can finally begin to heal.”
Devon Price (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I feel small, but happy that the Lord uses me as an instrument to spread his message. Music is a powerful instrument to get to the people, while entertaining people I give them Christ's message.”
Valerian D'Souza (1933–2020) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ´Singing Bishop´ to Preach in Rome at World Retreat for Priests (4 September 1990) Union of Asian Catholic News
“My compositions are a reflection of my sense of responsibility towards society, my understanding of human emotions, and the sheer love I have for my work. This certification is a testament to the love and passion we, as artists, invest in our work, It fuels my drive to create more powerful and inspiring compositions for my audiences.”
P. V. R. Raja (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Israel] will topple Hamas rule in Gaza. We will eliminate its military capability. We will make sure this threat doesn't exist on our border. It will take time, and it will be lethal, powerful and forever.”
Yoav Gallant (born 1958) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At a press conference (13 October 2023) following a meeting Gallant had with Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, as cited in "Austin says Hamas attack "worse than ISIS" in Israel visit", Axios (…
“I felt the effects of the communist system, among other things I spent 2 months in death row and ten years in a communist concentration camp. After the fall of the totalitarian system, I was an eye-witness and participated in the subsequent religious freedom. I began to spread a thrust for faith. The rebirth of the Church is evaluated like a powerful force for the spiritual rebirth of the nation.”
Kazimierz Świątek (1914–2011) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H. Em. Card. Kazimierz SWIATEK, Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev (6 October 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
“The longer I live the more certain I am that the great difference between men, the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy and invincible determination – a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities will make a two-legged creature a man without it.”
Fowell Buxton (1837–1915) said by 1915 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am strong in the midst of all this because of ONLY one person in my life, my powerful wife, VICTORIA LEBENE MEKPAH now MRS. OSAFO-NKANSAH. I was single and wasn’t finding real love. I never knew I would find a permanent place in the heart of one woman but guess what, I chose to marry the forever beautiful Victoria Lebene.”
Victoria Lebene (born 1989) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eugene Osafo-Nkansah as quoted in , Peacefmonline, June 11, 2021.
“Do we make sure AI is a tool that has proper safeguards as it gets really powerful? (November 23, 2023)”
Sam Altman (born 1985) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Sam Altman said about AI at a CEO summit the day before OpenAI ousted him as CEO, Fortune (December 14, 2023)
“AI will probably be the most powerful technology humanity has ever created, and managing its risks responsibly will be crucial.”
Sam Altman (born 1985) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sam Altman, quoted in BBC News interview, 2025.
“I realised that my vision for the residency was changing. I no longer wanted to cater for Undiscovered Canvas artists only, but I wanted to work with female artists across the African continent. I wanted to create a powerful community of women artists, collectors, gallerists, investors who would consciously support each other.”
Nomaza Nongqunga Coupez (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To show a different narrative of Zimbabwe, that there's beauty, invite people to come and spend money in Zimbabwe… show that Zimbabwe is powerful and incredible in its own special ways.”
Pearl Thusi (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inspiration knows no boundaries, and neither does greatness. The FIFA Women's World Cup has become a powerful catalyst for change, transcending cultural, age, and gender barriers. Let us harness the momentum of this remarkable event to empower women in leadership, driving change for gender equality beyond the confines of the pitch.”
Fatma Samoura (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The best thing about getting older [is] learning how powerful human connections can be…It’s great when two people can share something deeper than just lust and passion between them – something real and lasting.”
Anita Baker (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I look back now, when I look at the insecurities of girls that weren’t active, I never had those worries, I never had the worry of getting changed in the changing room and not liking my body, because I knew I was strong and powerful.”
Leah Williamson (born 1997) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that although my cuisine has powerful flavours, it remains sensitive and delicate – qualities that make it quite feminine in many ways".”
Anne-Sophie Pic (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I’m free soloing, I feel O.K. I always have a big safety margin, I’m not struggling. You feel quite powerful and calm. If I ever felt afraid, I wouldn’t go. I don’t like to bet. That goes for everything. I don’t run after luck. With my publishing company, it’s exactly the same. I go step by step and build something.”
Catherine Destivelle (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My favorite time of day is the one I feel the most powerful in and that's random".”
Linda Perry (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Art has always been a powerful portal to understanding how we feel about our world. Let’s hope it helps safeguard our climatic future.”
Penny Whetton (1958–2019) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Can art put us in touch with our feelings about climate change? Joelle Gergis, May 3, 2017. THE CONVERSATION, Retrieved: November 25, 2023.
“People in the U.S. did think about building a particle accelerator (a neutral beam accelerator) that they would launch into space... and then they would use it to shoot down satellites and... missiles and destroy anything that they didn't like, because they were going to have this super powerful beam in space.”
Suzie Sheehy (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want people to see that women are capable and accepted. I want to see people like me in powerful positions to know they’re looking out for women like me too.”
Lotte Wubben-Moy (born 1999) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Olympic Games are very special to me and I’m a patriotic Australian, so to have an opportunity to work with the best Australian players on the biggest stage in sport is incredibly powerful”
Karrie Webb (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source