A lot of powerful people in Washington may think it’s a crazy-leftist-fringe position to think the intellectual authors of a torture regime should be investigated and prosecuted. – John Cusack
Heat can also be produced by the impact of imperfectly elastic bodies as well as by friction. This is the case, for instance, when we produce fire by striking flint against steel, or when an iron bar is worked for some time by powerful blows of the hammer. – Hermann von Helmholtz
I studied African American studies, and I read these slave narratives and the escape narratives of people that were able to escape slavery and always found those stories intriguing and powerful and inspiring. – John Legend
A Cherubim or leader of a kingdom of angels is the fountain or heart of his whole kingdom, and is made out of all the powers out of which his angels are made, and is the most powerful and the brightest of them all. – Jakob Bohme
Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it. – John Henrik Clarke
To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. – John Marshall
Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands. – Ivan Pavlov
Nelson Mandela just died, so that says so much because it’s a tremendously powerful and great man who was very sensitive. Loved all people, forgave his enemies, and showed the world how to stand up and do it the right way. – Jim Brown
Technological innovation has dramatically lowered the cost of computing, making it possible for large numbers of consumers to own powerful new technologies at reasonably low prices. – James Surowiecki
With sad music, or music that’s perceived as sad, there’s a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me. – J. Tillman
Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions. – Jaron Lanier
I think the very simplest way to show Superman’s power is to have him punch someone that’s powerful. – Jim Lee
A very powerful mechanism to get elected is to play on anger and pick those wedge issues. – Justin Trudeau
Being a mom, it feels like I did something so powerful and amazing. It’s such a gigantic blessing, and a confirmation that the Creator exists. And all of that has made me feel sexier and stronger. I call it ‘lava in my spine.’ – Jill Scott
If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful. – Jeff Bezos
Most video games, you build up toward the big, bad boss. And it’s just a bigger, more powerful version of what you’ve been fighting all along in the game. – Jim Lee
Access Living is a powerful voice for people in the Chicago area who live with disabilities. – Itzhak Perlman
Agribusiness – with its wicked powerful lobby and its infiltration of top bureaucratic posts – essentially runs roughshod over the government agencies that are supposed to monitor it. It’s the rich fox guarding the filthy, overcrowded henhouse. – Jane Velez-Mitchell
Ice cream is the perfect buffer, because you can do things in a somewhat lighthearted way. Plus, people have an emotional response to ice cream; it’s more than just food. So I think when you combine caring, and eating wonderful food, it’s a very powerful combination. – Jerry Greenfield
I always bring my Jiffy Esteam steamer to get the wrinkles out of our clothes. It’s powerful enough to press a suit. – Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Free-enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling ideas we humans have ever had. But we can aspire to something even greater. – John Mackey