James Clavell Quotes

The power of recognition gives you the power to set the agenda.

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

Like most animals, we're wired to associate height with power.

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

Power in itself has never attracted me, nor has position been my goal.

Power: a currency that never went out of style.

Power is the ability to get things done.

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.

To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

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.

You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.

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

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominance.

I have only to raise a finger and the whole face of Europe is changed.

Power is more satisfying to some than wealth.... Power is, indeed, a heady thing—whether it be a King, a President, a Legislature, a Court, or an Administration agency that is concerned.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.

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

I'm not the grand poobah. I'm not the emperor. That's not what I want to be.

I'm not the kind of person who goes into the dressing room and says: 'I'm the Guv here.' But maybe I give off the aura that I'm the kind of person who can be a big player.

I wanted to be the man, the King of Miami.

I wanted to go somewhere I could be an important player. Be the player the whole city looks up to.

I want to be the guy calling the shots.

I have no interest in the trappings of power.