Sherrilyn Kenyon Quotes

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

I'm really not good blackmail material.

I am inclined to believe dictators. Not to is dangerous.

By exploiting envy and fear, politicians can portray themselves as the saviors and protectors of the public — doing and saying whatever is necessary to gain the support needed to remain in power.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

Just remember who you belong to, Hannah. I wouldn't want to have to shoot anyone - or strangle you." She leaned over to kiss his shoulder. "Why am I the one to be strangled?" "It's a much more personal death.

Do you want power over something? Be more nearly real than it.

I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted.

What you don’t know, you can’t tell. Or made to tell.

Power is not a means; it is an end.

Dark and Dangerous. And all mine.

Safer to be feared than loved.

Men are ruled by toys.

People will use you as long as you let them.

He who controls the remote, controls the world

Beware of those who seek to take care of you lest your caretakers become your jailers.

Once I get the ball, you're at my mercy. There is nothing you can say or do about it. I own the ball.

As the capacity to coerce declines, it is natural to turn to control of opinion as the basis for authority and domination - a fundamental principle of government already emphasized by David Hume.

I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.

The best defense against democracy is to distract people.

You're like the devil with horns in your head, the only way I'll get you is to get you in bed.

There are some very powerful contributions to knowledge in the scientific world or the legal world, but art is singular. That's why every dictator gets rid of the artists first. They burn the books and execute the artists first. Then they get on with whatever else they're interested in. Art might do something. It's dangerous.