William Powell Quotes

So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting.

The wind of revolutions is not tractable.

You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all want to change the world.

A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.

The generation which commences a revolution can rarely complete it

It is not necessary to wait until all conditions for making revolution exist; the insurrection can create them.

Revolution does not insure progress. You may overturn thrones, but what proof that anything better will grow upon the soil?

Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.

A revolution is sometimes necessary, but if revolutions become habitual the country in which they take place is going down-hill

A revolution in itself is not a blessing.

It's good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years. I hope that's not where we're going. But, you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies.

It is easier to run a revolution than a government.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties.

None of us is certain about the outcome of the Arab Spring.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.

Every revolution is the consequence of one revolution and the beginning of another.

Politically, [Latin] America is the same as it is physically: the land of the earthquakes.

I'll say that technology will make revolutions start happening faster, but it'll make them harder to finish. Technology can't create leaders and cause institutions to appear.

I do see myself as aiming to foment some kind of revolution.

There were moments where people took the to streets and small rebellions, but ultimately it's a change in consciousness - so how do you capture that and bring the piece to light?

It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.