Isaac Asimov Quotes

Power is the ability to get things done.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

You are what you leave behind.

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

Death can never kill an idea. Ideas are more powerful than death. Ideas outlive men and can never be destroyed.

The dead govern the living.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

My words must be powerful to make people so afraid of them. It's rather nice to feel I have power.

Power never takes a back step—only in the face of more power.

Power transforms what it touches.

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

Power may be defined as the production of intended effects

… the whole earth is the sepulcher of famous men; and their story is not graven only on stone over their native earth, but lives on far away, without visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives.

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

Owning media is power. That’s the way it is.

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 want to be the guy calling the shots.

I want to be dominant from day one.

I left my mark on that man.

Every person passing through this life will unknowingly leave something and take something away. Most of this “something” cannot be seen or heard or numbered or scientifically detected or counted. It’s what we leave in the minds of other people and what they leave in ours. Memory. The census doesn’t count it. Nothing counts without it.

Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.

It's not about money. The money will flow. It's about power and influence.

What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.

Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.

Of what real value is a title? The power is the only important thing