#powers

Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear. ↗

— Nick Stahl

#good #had #hope #i #i think

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God. ↗

— Saint Stephen

#compassion #desire #exceeds #god #humble

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#engaging #familiar #familiar things #make #most

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. ↗

— Epictetus

#constitute #in my opinion #man #opinion #powers

But the nuclear powers still cling tenaciously to their weapons. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#nuclear #nuclear powers #powers #still #their

I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss. ↗

— Edward Grey

#apparent #became #call #edge #else

Historically, foreign powers have always been the ones to keep Latin nations divided. ↗

— Evo Morales

#been #divided #foreign #foreign powers #historically

The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#affect #archaic #bill #bill of rights #bits

In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#ascribed #fifty #forces #given #gods

I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to deal with criminal matters, like the use of drugs, to the States. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#constitution #criminal #deal #delegates #established