Christopher Paolini Quotes

Did you hear? You are free." Yessss. Choice. It is a fine thing. And I choose to take you back, Most High.

I'm a powerful S.O.B., you know that?

Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

I believe in power.

When the bell rings in between the ropes, I'm in charge. No one can touch me. That's my time, no one can touch me.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

You not only choose between two ways of life but you choose between two masters.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

Power is paradoxical.

Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things.

Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.

Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here.

Power has no limits.

I'm interested in power.