#power

Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#clichés #double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender

I have done this--made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts of men in your hands. Make them laugh with a gesture, cry with a word. Make them love you. And you will know what power is. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

#love #power #love

The rabbis paled. I’d managed to terrify holy men. Maybe I could beat up a nun for an encore. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#power-words #self-deprecating #men

For if there is one thing I have learned over the years about men, it is that feelings of powerlessness do not usually bring forth their finest qualities. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#powerlessness #marriage

In everything I do, men who are comfortable with powerful women are more powerful men. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#power #women #men

Men who are comfortable with powerful women are more powerful men.” (Comic Con, 7-13-2012) ↗

— Joss Whedon

#firefly #inner-strength #powerful-women #whedon #men

I want a man with nuclear power. ↗

— Carla Bruni

#love #men #power #women #love

Three rings for the Elven kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf lords in their halls of stone, Nine for the mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark lord on his throne, In the land of Mordor where shadows lie. One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, One ring to bring them all, And in the shadows bind them. In the land of Mordor where shadows lie. ↗

— JRR Tolkien

#lotr #rings-of-power #men

But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord." "It might to keep it open. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#diplomacy #fear #power #men

As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#men