Maynard James Keenan Quotes

You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

In conspiracies, men who know what they wanted commonly ended by controlling the men who did not.

The less people know about what is going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority.

Would you rather lead an army of slaves?

Believe me, Winston, that hat fits you perfectly. You are going gradually have to get used to me leading you.

Power over a man's support is a power over his will.

If you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.

Though builders may build, in the main they follow the plans of architects. Teachers teach, but they must have a text. Politicians govern, but only upon the flow of commentary that raises them up or casts them down.

I used to pull rank and wait until the wind was blowing out.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

I don't know that Donald Trump really cares about what the outcome is, as long as he's in charge of it. Seeing whom he can steer in which direction and how far he can push them.

You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done.

I like power and I like to use it.

I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to.

What I'd really like to control is not machines, but people.

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.

Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.

I'd rather control someone than be controlled.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.