5,584 Quotes About Power

Tyranny and fantasy both like to write everyone else's lines.

Art follows power. Just as soldiers hang medals from their uniforms, the rich hang paintings on their walls.

As long as I have power and money in my hand, I am not a human.

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

A lion may die of an ass's kick.

At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If you can't take anything, you won't get anything, and if you can't hold anything, you won't keep anything. And you can't take anything without organization.

Proximity to power has an unsurprising ability to mutate a politician's spinal cord into bright yellow jelly.

You've got some power," Jakkin said. "One hug—and the lights go out!

New concepts should be introduced by the power of imagery.