William Powell Quotes

Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.

I'd rather control someone than be controlled.

It's possible for people to gain control of every facet of your life.

For me, it's enough that I have the first and last word.

It is easier to rule others than to keep from being ruled oneself.

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.

Power is not given to you. You have to take it.

Everybody wants power and control in their life.

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

Nobody gives you power. Real power is something you take.

He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.

A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do?

Power never turns power down, ever, unless institutionally demanded.

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

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.

I wouldn't play together with someone who likes to control everything like me.

Power is the ability to get things done.

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

I'm not saying we have power over everything in our lives - if that were true, my hair would look so, so different - but I am saying that there's no circumstance in which we are completely powerless.

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

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

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them.

Power has no limits.

I am in control at all times.