Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

Pretension is nothing; power is everything.

The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Power has no limits.

Power? It’s like a Dead Sea fruit; when you achieve it, there’s nothing there.

One precedent in favor of power is stronger than an hundred against it

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority.

My deep belief in one word? Dominance.

When human beings say they have power, it always makes me laugh a little bit.

Nothing, you know, gives the body greater satisfaction than ordering people about, or at least believing in one's ability to do so.

Where Example keeps pace with Authority, Power hardly fails to be obey'd.

Power, like fear, had a taste. But power tasted better.

I never had, or wished for, power over you. That isn't true, of course. I wanted the greatest power of all. but not advantage, or authority.

There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places.

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.

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

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

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

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

Power is paradoxical.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant 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.