Power & Leadership Sayings

151 sayings found from the Modern era from 151 authors

I prefer to let my results do the talking.

— Rosalind Franklin c. 1950s
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One of the most striking features of the universe is that it is so empty.

— Francis Crick 1981
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The atom will give us power, but it will also give us responsibility.

— Robert Oppenheimer Unknown
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We may be living in a world where the future is already written, but we still have the power to change it.

— Enrico Fermi Unknown
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I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a lot of vitamin C.

— Linus Pauling 1970s-1980s
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The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

— William Wordsworth 1802
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The Analytical Engine is a thinking machine, not a mere calculator.

— Ada Lovelace 1843
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I was seeking 'the colour of a good dusty potato, unpeeled of course'.

— Vincent van Gogh 1885
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To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.

— Claude Monet 1890s (approx.)
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Buying is much more American than thinking.

— Andy Warhol 1975
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

— Abraham Lincoln c. 1860s
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I have never accepted the idea that we are in a position of inferiority to any other power in the world.

— Winston Churchill 1945
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Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party.

— Mao Zedong 1938
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I am not a magician. I am a human being. I have my weaknesses, I have my faults. But I am trying to do the best I can for the American people.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt 1938
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An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

— Mahatma Gandhi N/A
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I'm always making a comeback, but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

— Billie Holiday 1956
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I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

— Martin Luther King Jr. 1967
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The Queen is a woman, not a machine.

— Queen Victoria c. 1870s
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The State is a machine for maintaining the domination of one class over another.

— Vladimir Lenin 1917
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The old system is cracking and breaking down, but it is still holding on with all its might.

— Leon Trotsky 1922
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