#pow

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#control #define #even #law #mass

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#better #case #cooperation #done #idea

The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#centralized #comes #complex #controlled #erroneous

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#despise #fatigue #great #habit #pain

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#being #being happy #common #common things #extracting

Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#leftists #once #other #parties #power

The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it. ↗

— Chris Bell

#american people #anyone #her #his #people

Indiana Jones is very much an old-world kind of hero. He doesn't really have any kind of superpower or rely on any kind of technology to help him out of things. ↗

— Jamie Bell

#help #hero #him #indiana #indiana jones

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#doing #law #liberty #permitted #power

People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I love you, love your work.' And then the next sentence is, 'I loved your brother.' John made people laugh, and laughter is a powerful thing. ↗

— James Belushi

#brother #coming #i #i love #i love you