Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jesse Ventura

The war on drugs is identical to the prohibition of alcohol: all you're doing is making criminals rich and powerful.

H. P. Lovecraft

A page of Addison or of Irving will teach more of style than a whole manual of rules, whilst a story of Poe's will impress upon the mind a more vivid notion of powerful and correct description and narration than will ten dry chapters of a bulky textbook.

Jean de la Bruyere

What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud voice, and powerful lungs.

Jean de la Bruyere

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.

Jean de la Bruyere

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

Jean de la Bruyere

Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.

Jean Baudrillard

Depression moods lead, almost invariably, to accidents. But, when they occur, our mood changes again, since the accident shows we can draw the world in our wake, and that we still retain some degree of power even when our spirits are low. A series of accidents creates a positively light-hearted state, out of consideration for this strange power.

Jayne Ann Krentz

Romance novels are tales of brave women taming dangerous men. They are stories that capture the excitement of that most mysterious of relationships, the one between a woman and a man. They are legends told to women by other women, and they are as powerful and as endlessly fascinating to women as the legends that lie at the heart of all the other genres.

Jay-Z

Artists can have greater access to reality; they can see patterns and details and connections that other people, distracted by the blur of life, might miss. Just sharing that truth can be a very powerful thing.

Jay Leno

The United States is sending its most powerful drone to Libya. That’s a long trip for Joe Biden.

Jay Leno

The Republicans finally got some good news over the weekend. The North Koreans set off a nuclear bomb. Thank God. It was so powerful it knocked the Mark Foley story right off the front page. And knocked him off the page he was on, too.

Jay Carney

But the - look, I think that this - the United States of America is still the most powerful economy in the world. It is an incredible engine for creativity and innovation. And it has the most - smartest, most effective workforce in the world. So we have a lot going for us, in spite of the fractiousness of our politics.

Carly Fiorina

We [the Republicans] help the middle class when we unburden them from the very policies that Hillary Clinton would double down on. She champions Big Government, which we know enables crony capitalism and exacerbates inequality. If you are wealthy, powerful and well-connected, you can handle Big Government.

Candace Bushnell

When I was 8, I was reading a book in which it was snowing. When I looked outside, I expected there to be snow on the ground. I thought, "This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer."

Candace Bushnell

This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer.

C. C. H. Pounder

Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.

Bud Wilkinson

The man who tried his best and failed is superior to the man who never tried.

James Hetfield

There is something powerful in Metallica, a will, a drive.

James Dobson

It is deeply moving, powerful, and disturbing. A film that must be seen.

Joseph Joubert

We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.

Joseph Joubert

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

The nearer a person approaches the Lord, a greater power will be manifested by the adversary to prevent the accomplishment of His purposes.

Kristin Hannah

You couldn't give up you for them. But what if you wanted them more than you wanted a singular powerful you?

Moliere

The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.

Moliere

The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your profession, you needn't worry about the consequences. But the problem with the powerful and rich is that when they are sick, they really want their doctors to cure them.

Mohsin Hamid

Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down.

Molly Ivins

There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

Molly Ivins

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

Molly Ivins

The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories... Poor people didn't decide to use 'contract employees' because they cost less and don't get any benefits.

Molly Ivins

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

Millicent Fenwick

Influence comes out of the work that you've done and the things you've stood for. Influence and power shouldn't be given to just anybody who wants them.

Milton Friedman

Money is a very powerful thing, which you hardly notice when it goes right, but which can create havoc when it goes wrong.

Milton Friedman

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.