#power

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life. ↗

— Brigham Young

#appreciate #clearly #education #life #power

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire. ↗

— John W. Foster

#fire #genius #lighting #own #power

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#certain #complex #endowed #institution #name

The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#behavior #causes #desire #dominates #everyday

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self. ↗

— Brendan Francis

#deep #innermost #loneliness #lost #powerful

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions. ↗

— Barney Frank

#affected #better #capitalism #decision #decisions

Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular god and all the world thrilled to behold the amazing powers of private capital, the idea of privatizing highways and airports and other bits of our transportation infrastructure made a certain kind of sense. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#back #behold #bits #capital #certain

It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you. ↗

— Al Franken

#nature #power #splendor #then #you

When I was 14 -years-old, I made this PowerPoint presentation, and I invited my parents into my room and gave them popcorn. It was called 'Project Hollywood 2004' and it worked. I moved to L.A. in January of 2004. ↗

— Emma Stone

#gave #hollywood #i #into #invited

I have strongly rejected the proposal to pardon and transfer her to the United States. I do not have the legal power to pardon terrorists and even if I did, I would not use it. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#even #her #i #i do #legal