Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.
Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun.
The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.
Power resides where men believe power resides.
Easy way to make someone sound less powerful, just put DJ in front of their name... ..DJ Abraham Lincoln
Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have
I can't be intimidated by anyone wearing a housecoat.
Members of my family don’t get it…. The further away you’re removed from this chair [the King’s throne] the more of a prince or princess you are … the more you believe in absolute monarchy.
Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.
Presidents don't have power. Their job is to draw attention away from it.
I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.
In Mexico, the perception of power is power.
We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
I do get stopped in the street, and people are always, without exception, really polite. I think it's because they think I can send them to prison.
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
When we hate someone we make them more powerfull than they are.
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.
Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.
The weaker the partner is viewed by the Muslims, then the greater the anger which they express. And this anger is often carefully staged.
You know, sometimes a person's reputation can be far more colossal than the influence of the person. I don't pay any attention to it anymore.
I'm just afraid somebody's going to stab me one day and think that my power is real and they expect me to start healing.
A secret is powerful when it is empty. People often mention the "Masonic secret." What on earth is the Masonic secret? No one can tell. As long as it remains empty it can be filled up with every possible notion, and it has power.
This power that I'm supposed to have over women was never noticed when I was a stage actor on Broadway. I don't know when I got it. And by God, I can't explain it.
