Turkish Proverb Quotes

Affluence means influence.

There are two things that are fundamental—money and power, and I don’t care much about money

…property in fact generally confers power, though the possessor of it may not have much more wit than a mole or a mugwash…

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance.

In what then does real power consist? The answer is short and plain—in property.

To make sense of bossiness, we need to tease apart two fundamental aspects of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power and status. Power lies in holding a formal position of authority or controlling important resources. Status involves being respected or admired.

Money is power and power gives you choice.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

Any man in Hollywood will meet me if I want that. No, make that any man anywhere.

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.

You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

Wealth and power don't go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.

People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

There's no Peter York Foundation, and you're no one without one.

I'm not into power for the sake of it.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.

Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.

Which shall rule - wealth or man; which shall lead - money or intellect.

I surpassed all others in authority, but I had no more power than the others who were also my colleagues in office.