Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. – William Wordsworth
The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man… it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture. – Sigmund Freud
Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They’re devices for dealing with the chaotic danger of existence. – Wes Craven
There may or may not be a God or gods; the Siblings do not concern themselves with proving or disproving such a thing. By definition, gods are more powerful than men, and thus quite able to fend for themselves without help. – Steve Perry
Things like ‘mad as a hatter’ or ‘grinning like a Cheshire cat’, are so powerful that music and songs incorporate the imagery. Writers, artists, illustrators, a lot of them have incorporated that. – Tim Burton
The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists. – Sam Wyly
‘The Irish Duke’ is a sequel to ‘The Decadent Duke’ about Lady Georgina Gordon who married the Duke of Bedford. ‘The Irish Duke’ tells the story of their daughter, Lady Louisa, who married James Hamilton, the powerful and wealthy Duke of Abercorn. – Virginia Henley
When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power. – Walter Jon Williams
There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon. – Stanislav Grof
Some say Google is God. Others say Google is Satan. But if they think Google is too powerful, remember that with search engines unlike other companies, all it takes is a single click to go to another search engine. – Sergey Brin
What makes the Lincoln Memorial so powerful is that it doesn’t try to do too much. In effect, it says that he saved the Union. – Susan Eisenhower
‘Stimela’ is the very first video I directed. I wanted it to be an emotional visual art piece, displaying humans as free, powerful animals. We are all running from something or searching for something; our instincts have been ignored. – Wynter Gordon