#power

Nature, I have constantly argued in my work, is the real superpower of this godless universe. It is the ultimate disposer of human fate, randomly recarving geography over 10,000-year epochs. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#constantly #epochs #fate #geography #godless

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#characteristics #cheered #excellent #excellent man #grieved

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#had #pacific #power #presence #states

All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star. ↗

— Francis Thompson

#canst #each #far #flower #immortal

I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics. ↗

— Alan Parsons

#asimov #being #concept #directly #ended

Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to the power of fiction when I was in my 20s. ↗

— Kevin Patterson

#eyes #fat #fiction #i #lawrence

People don't find the personal lives of people with much, much more power than any celebrity would have - don't find their personal lives interesting. ↗

— Robert Pattinson

#celebrity #find #interesting #lives #more

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#amendment #congress #continues #national #national sovereignty

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power. ↗

— Jean Paul

#attracts #beauty #beside #gold #like

When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#focused #mental #multiplies #physical #power