Tamora Pierce Quotes

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.

Power has no limits.

The whole conversation of my work has to do with power and who has it.

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

Power is paradoxical.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

I'm interested in power.

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.

His essence was force ... the relish of power, and command.

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

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

Power is a complicated word and can take many forms.

Power draws you in; it's something we can gravitate toward.

When it comes to power, we know I got power, and we know I can wrestle.

People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.

To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it.

The reputation of power IS power.

The hand that controls the supper dish rules the world!

Power is not a means; it is an end.

The only thing power respects, is power.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.

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