Power quotes

“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.”
Paul Sorvino - Henry Kissinger

“- Seer: The temple is at the center of the swamp where three trees grow as one.
- Prince Colwyn: How can anything grow in that place? It smells of death.
- Ynyr: Death and power are close cousins.
- Torquil: I don't think I like your relatives, old man.”
John Welsh - Seer
Ken Marshall - Colwyn
Freddie Jones - Ynyr
Alun Armstrong - Torquil

“- Alex Sternbergen: I've got to call Jackie, maybe he calls help. He's smart, he knows the people that are in charge.
- Turner Kendall: In charge of what?
- Alex Sternbergen: Everything. The world.”

Jane Seymour Fonda - Alex Sternbergen
Jeff Bridges - Turner Kendall

“A video image is much more powerful and useful than an actual event. Like back when I used to go out, when I was last out, I was walking down the street and this guy, that came barreling out of a bar, fell right in front of me, and he had a knife right in his back, landed right on the ground and... Well, I have no reference to it now. I can't...” (continue)(continue reading)

“Can't make the scene if you don't have the green.”

Jim Carrey - Stanley Ipkiss

- Aubrey: "The Trebles" don't respect us, and if we let them penetrate us, we are giving them our power.
- Fat Amy: Not a good enough reason to use the word 'penetrate'.
Anna Camp - Aubrey
Rebel Wilson - Fat Amy

“- Darryl Revok: This was a test campaign used in 1947 to market a new product. The product was a drug, a tranquilizer called 'Ephemerol'. It was aimed at pregnant women. If it had worked it would have been marketed all over North America. But the campaign failed and the drug failed, because it had a side effect on the unborn children. An...” (continue)(continue reading)

Michael Ironside - Darryl Revok
Stephen Lack - Cameron Vale

“- Dorothea: What are you?
- Nix: A man who wanted to become a god... then changed his mind.”
Famke Janssen - Dorothea Swann
Daniel von Bargen - Nix

“A wildfire destroys everything in its path. It will be the same with your powers unless you learn to control them.”
Ted Lewis - Giovanni

“We're vampires, we don't put down towels.”
Jemaine Clement - Vladislav

“You heard of Manifest Destiny? That's when you take what you can when you can. The greasers took it from the redskins and we took it from them. And I'm gonna take it all from you, Jack, and not just because I can. But because this is my destiny. Los Angeles is my fucking destiny, you motherfucker.”

Sean Penn - Mickey Cohen

“Saving someone's life is like falling in love. The best drug in the world. For days, sometimes weeks afterwards, you walk the streets, making infinite whatever you see. Once, for a few weeks, I couldn't feel the earth - everything I touched became lighter. Horns played in my shoes. Flowers fell from my pockets. You wonder if you've become...” (continue)(continue reading)
Nicolas Cage - Frank Pierce

“Mufasa's death was a terrible tragedy; but to lose Simba, who had barely begun to live... For me it is a deep personal loss. So it is with a heavy heart that I assume the throne. Yet, out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era... in which lion and hyena come together, in a great and glorious future!”
Jeremy Irons - Scar

“- Yul Brenner: Look in the mirror, and tell me what you see!
- Junior Bevil: I see Junior.
- Yul Brenner: You see Junior? Well, let me tell you what I see. I see pride! I see power! I see a bad-ass mother who don't take no crap off of nobody!”
Malik Yoba - Yul Brenner
Rawle D. Lewis - Junior Bevil

“You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“I told you that you couldn't kill me, Jeff, but I didn't tell you why. The answer is simple. I am the person responsible for the loss of your child. I am the only person who knows where your daughter is. She only has a limited supply of air, Jeff, and if you want to get her back, you'll have to play a game.”
Tobin Bell - Jigsaw

“- Sam: I watch your show, every week...
- Alex: This is not a show! Nobody is written!
- Sam: But what if it is, and someone has control on wether you live or die?”
Tiffany Mualem - Sam
David Carranza - Alex

“- Adolf Hitler: We were friends once, Ernst; you saw my potential before anyone else; you speak your mind unlike the others; and you love your men more than yourself, which is rare in a leader. But you refuse to bend. Why? You have power.
- Ernst Röhm: I don't want power, I want justice. My men were promised...
- Adolf Hitler: I don't care. I...” (continue)(continue reading)
Robert Carlyle - Adolf Hitler
Peter Stormare - Ernst Röhm

“Look to yourself. What's inside you is stronger than any spell.”

Donna Dent - Ella's Mother

“With modern medical technology I could probably give a glass of water all the vital signs necessary to be legally alive. And I can end his life any time I want just by turning a knob.”
James Spader - Dr. Werner Ernst

“- Professor Ratigan: I have the power!
- The Mouse Queen: Of course you do.
- Professor Ratigan: I am supreme!
- The Mouse Queen: Only you.
- Professor Ratigan: This is my kingdom!”

Vincent Price - Professor Ratigan
Eve Brenner - The Mouse Queen

“I'm an optimist, Colonel. I look down there and see if there's anything else for me to buy.”

Eddie Albert - Pete Helmes

“Come on, Illeana, you didn't fall for James Costa. Someone as beautiful and powerful as you doesn't fall for a faggy art dealer. Okay?”
Ethan Hawke - Costa

“- Leo: Johnny, you're exactly as big as I let you be, and no bigger, and don't forget it, ever.
- Johnny Caspar: That's right, Leo. You're the big shot around here, and I'm just some schnook likes to get slapped around.”
Albert Finney - Leo
Jon Polito - Johnny Caspar

“At least some good will come of my being forced to marry. When I am Queen, I will have the power to get rid of you.”

Linda Larkin - Princess Jasmine