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“Shiva dances, creating the world and destroying it, his large rhythms conjure up vast aeons of time, and his movements have a relentless magical power of incantation. Our European allegories are banal and pointless by comparison with these profound works, devoid of the trappings of symbolism, concentrating on the essential, the essentially plastic.”
Jacob Epstein (1880–1959) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sir Jacob Epstein, Epstein, Jacob Let there be sculpture New York: G. P. Putnam's sons, [c 1940] p. 193
“A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“America needs fewer laws, not more prisons. By trying to seize far more power than is necessary over American citizens, the federal government is destroying its own legitimacy. We face a choice not of anarchy or authoritarianism, but a choice of limited government or unlimited government.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Paternalism is a desperate gamble that lying politicians will honestly care for those who fall under their power.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Trusting government nowadays means dividing humanity into two classes: those who can be trusted with power to run other people’s lives, and those who cannot even be trusted to run their own lives.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the long run, people have more to fear from governments than from terrorists. Terrorists come and go, but power-hungry politicians will always be with us.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The arrogance of power is the best hope for the survival of freedom.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The effect of the discovery of printing was evident in the savage religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Application of power to communication industries hastened the consolidation of vernaculars, the rise of nationalism, revolution, and new outbreaks of savagery in the twentieth century.”
Harold Innis (1894–1952) said by 1952 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The National Party does not care about people, it only cares about power.”
Harry Schwarz (1924–2010) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rand Daily Mail, (2 February 1981)
“I believe people are not free if all they can do is cast a vote every five years to decide who should govern them. What does it mean to a man in a shack built by himself with no amenities and not knowing where his next meal is coming from, to vote? An election is about power. It is relevant to freedom only if those elected govern efficiently, honestly and carry out the electoral promises made.”
Harry Schwarz (1924–2010) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Mercury (17 November 2009).
“The operations of the human mind are also controlled by words of power, formulas that become a focus of mental activity.”
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Genius is a power of the soul and that powers of the soul can be developed by everyone. (p. 8)”
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To enter your Castle (soul) is not a journey that takes you away from the world; rather it brings you directly into the world. It brings you fully into your soul, and into your power in the world...Mystics change the world around them more dramatically and more positively than can ever be measured. The mystic works on the invisible plane, relying on God, prayer and grace.”
Caroline Myss (born 1952) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Entering the Castle : An Inner Path to God and Your Soul (2007), p. 85
“We want to get our army involved with the people in productive work and remind it constantly that, without patriotic training, a soldier is only a criminal with power.”
Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a speech to the United Nations on 4 October 1984
“Having failed as an NFL commentator, Limbaugh understands the power of football.”
Jason Whitlock (born 1967) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Keep Rush Limbaugh Out of the NFL", Fox Sports (October 13, 2009).
“The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.”
Samuel Gompers (1850–1924) first seen 1917 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Samuel Gompers, "Not Even Compulsory Benevolence Will Do." The American Federationist. January 1917, p. 47.
“Education has a tremendous power on man. Can't we see to which the astonishing discipline the people of Sparta have submitted for centuries? And this with a view to very petty purposes: purely outer greatness, the military predominace of Sparta. This example proves that men can do most anything they want; therefore it would only be a question of making them will the good.”
Afrikan Spir (1837–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What must be the knowledge of Him, from whom all created minds have derived both their power of knowledge, and the innumerable objects of their knowledge! What must be the wisdom of Him, from whom all things derive their wisdom!”
Timothy Dwight IV (1752–1817) said by 1817 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 275.
“Rationalism... is a secularized form of the belief in the power of the word of God.”
Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today science prevails not because of its comparative merits, but because the show has been rigged in its favour... It reigns supreme because some past successes have led to institutional measures (education; role of experts; role of power groups such as the AMA) that prevent a comeback of the rivals.”
Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A free society is a society in which all traditions have equal rights and equal access to the centers of power. A tradition receives these rights not because the importance the cash value, as it were) it has for outsiders but because it gives meaning to the lives of those who participate in it.”
Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every profession has an ideology and a drive for power that goes far beyond its achievements and it is the task of democracy to keep this ideology and this drive under control. Science is here no different from other institutions.”
Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The problem is that too often the only people who can act don’t want change. Power doesn’t so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.”
Jack McDevitt (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are few professions whose primary objective is to advance the cause of humanity rather than simply to make money or accrue power. Among this limited group of humanitarians I would number teachers, nurses, bookstore owners, and bartenders.”
Jack McDevitt (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The notion that we need a higher power, that’s more a human failing than a reflection of reality. The universe pays no attention to what we need. Truth is what it is, and the inconveniences it might cause us don’t change anything.”
Jack McDevitt (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We know that when change comes, no one is more adamant in holding on to the past than those in power. They know change is inevitable, but they would, if they could, parcel it out in measured pieces. Grain for chickens.”
Jack McDevitt (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those who rise to the top of organizations, who live to direct others, to wield power, are inevitably afflicted by weak egos, by a need to prove themselves. This explains why they are so easily frightened and so easily manipulated. And why they are so dangerous.”
Jack McDevitt (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have gone out several times this summer to gather simples and linden blossoms, etc. In each excursion we discover something marvelous, beautiful, and useful in the magnificent forests of Indiana. At each step we can admire the grandeur, the power, the goodness of God. How bountifully He provides for all our wants -- I would even say for our pleasures! I love our woods and solitude very much; …”
Théodore Guérin (1798–1856) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To the Right Reverend J. Bouvier, Bishop of Le Mans, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, 1850-07-10.
“Machiavelli is the complete contrary of a machiavellian, since he describes the tricks of power and “gives the whole show away.” The seducer and the politician, who live in the dialectic and have a feeling and instinct for it, try their best to keep it hidden.”
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The way to advance the nation's prosperity and achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization, and substituting machines and power for human backs.”
Charles Erwin Wilson (1890–1961) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Charles E. Wilson in, Michigan Business Review, (1949), Vol. 1-2, p. 3
“Prayerless people cut themselves off from God's peace and from his prevailing power, and a common result is that they feel overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, and defeated by a world operating with a take-no-prisoners approach.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As you walk with God, your faith will grow, your confidence will increase and your prayers will have real power.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rather than pursuing our calling to present a vision of a world filled with God's power and love, the contemporary church merely presents the world as a two-dimensional facsimile of the consumer culture, albeit with a Jesus fish imprint.”
Skye Jethani (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Consumer Christianity seeks to construct programs to capture God's power and produce predetermined outcomes, rather than surrender to the mysterious movement of God's grace which, like the wind or fire, is beyond our control.”
Skye Jethani (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The influence of consumerism has led us to confuse institutions for people, means for the mission, and programs for the Spirit's power.”
Skye Jethani (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The laws of thought are natural laws with which we have no power to interfere, and which are of course not to be in any way confused with the artificial laws of a country, which are invented by men and can be altered by them. Every science is occupied in detecting and describing the natural laws which are inflexibly observed by the objects treated in the Science.”
William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can very well say without hesitation that all those who have political power, even if they use it well have acquired it by demonic mediation and even if they are not conscious of it, they are worshippers of diabolos.”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Si tu es le Fils de Dieu (1991), p. 76
“Man's power is first of all the result of hardening his heart against God: man affirms that he is strong, conquers the world, and builds cities.”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not true that the perfection of police power is the result of the state’s Machiavellianism or of some transitory influence. The whole structure of society of society implies it, of necessity. The more we mobilize the forces of nature, the more must we mobilize men and the more do we require order.”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Evangelical proclamation was essentially subversive. Put in danger by it, the forces of the social body have replied by integrating this power of negation, of challenge, by absorbing it.”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In one of the temptations Satan offers to give Jesus all the kingdoms of the world, that is, the kingdoms and the related political power. …”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The exousia of political power … is a rebel exousia, an angel in revolt against God.”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The combination of Christian truth and political power led to the creation of the complex that we know so well. … The emperor endows the church handsomely, helps it in all that it does, aids it in its “mission.” The church supports the emperor’s legitimacy and assures him that he is God’s representative on earth.”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All national rulers, no matter what the nation or the political regime, lord it over their subjects. There can be no political power without tyranny.”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Audrey’s been great for me. She has brought out a side of me that’s more mischievous and fun that I had suppressed, trying to be an adult. She has made it OK to use the power one has as a woman to be manipulative at times, to be precocious. She goes after what she wants vehemently and she takes it. I think that’s really admirable. I love that about her.”
Sherilyn Fenn (born 1965) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sherilyn Fenn, quoted in "Fenn-Tastic! Meet Twin Peaks’ Mysterious Siren Sherilyn Fenn", by Glenn O'Brien. Playboy. December 1990. p. 82-91, 213-214.
“Macri is worse than a dictator, because he came to power through voting.”
Hebe de Bonafini (1928–2022) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source: "Hebe, la demócrata", La Nación, 2015).
“Reserved as he [Confucius] was about the supernatural, he was not without it; somewhere in the universe there was a power that was on the side of right.”
Huston Smith (1919–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not power not cruelty not death not winning not fighting not money not oil not war not sex not tyranny: all tyrants fall.”
Martin Firrell (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Power is always temporary.”
Martin Firrell (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the world view of , man fears only one power, and is answerable before only one judge. He turns to only one qibla, and directs his hopes and desires to only one source. And the corollary is that all else is false and pointless all the diverse and variegated tendencies, strivings, fears, desires and hopes of man are vain and fruitless.”
Ali Shariati (1933–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 97; partly cited in: John L. Esposito (1996) Islam and Democracy. p. 25.