Let us put the normal divisions of politics aside. Let us come together as one country; let us seize this historic moment to shift the balance of power from the corridors of Westminster to the streets and communities of Scotland. – Nicola Sturgeon
I didn’t have that thing that Michael Bolton did; my star power – my charisma – was not a match to my writing ability. – Dan Hill
Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power – every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe – is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness. – Gary Zukav
I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power. – Paul Ryan
To me, there’s two kinds of music these days. There’s ephemeral music, and there’s music that has lasting power and depth. – Daryl Hall
Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people’s lives, and you ruin your own life. – Eugene H. Peterson
There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro. – Elliott Abrams
As we wander, grieving, in yet another dark moment, amid our pain we must struggle to remember the redemptive power of love and hope. – Ephraim Mirvis
Team Obama is exploiting the power of high government office to intimidate lawful, peaceful contributors who support limited-government causes. – Michelle Malkin
I’ve had high-powered publicists in my career, and I’ve had publicists when they’ve had no power. I’ve run the gamut. – Debi Mazar
But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies. – Ferdinand Lassalle
The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people’s deserts. – David J. C. MacKay
The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it. – Chris Bell
When the yogi starts to meditate, he must leave behind all sensory thoughts and all longings for possessions by quieting the waves of feeling (chitta), and the mental restlessness that arises therefrom, through the application of techniques that reinstate the controlling power of the untrammeled superconsciousness of the soul. – Paramahansa Yogananda
When it comes to the application to life of existing laws and morals, woman, because of her willing receptiveness, her elasticity and adaptability combined with her power of tenacious retention, has exerted an influence, the value of which is too vast to be measured. – Ellen Key
When you’re writing about superpowers, you’re writing about power. When you’re writing about immortals, you’re writing about mortality. – Margaret Stohl
In every country except – industrial country except the United States, the government uses its massive purchasing power to negotiate drug prices. That’s one of the reasons prices are so much higher in the United States than in other countries. – Noam Chomsky
If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied. – Charles Hodge
I think that you are what you speak a lot of times, and there’s power in the tongue. I feel sorry for the people who always have something negative to say. If something happens bad in my day, I don’t tweet about it; I pray about it or talk to my husband about it or my mother about it and get it off of me and move on. – Monica
I love English, though I now call it ‘Anglo- American’ because we no longer speak British English due to globalization and America’s economic power. – Maurice Druon
I like powerful women, and I gravitate to any point in history when a female has significant power. I can spend hours researching any such amazing lady, from Ching Shih to Hatshepsut to Boudica to Zenobia. – Gail Carriger
I think that people like Bloomberg, they’re complete thugs. No question about it. But on the other hand, it must be said that they are politically savvy. They don’t get into those positions of power – in the case of Bloomberg, both economic and political power – by being anybody’s fool. – Norman Finkelstein
For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome. – Cai Guo-Qiang
I know where my game is. I know I’m a power hitter and an RBI guy. I need to get on base for my teammates behind me and just stick with my game. I don’t try to do too much. Sometimes when you try to do too much in this game you pretty much can’t do anything. And that’s pretty much my mentality. – Marco Scutaro
