Power quotes

“Everyone runs in her own way, or his own way. And where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within.”
Ian Charleson - Eric Liddell

“- Cameron Vale: You called me a scanner. What is that?
- Paul Ruth: Freak of nature, born with a certain form of ESP; derangement of the synapses which we call telepathy.”

Stephen Lack - Cameron Vale
Patrick McGoohan - Dr. Paul Ruth

“- Julie James: Helen, we killed a man and ruined the lives of everyone he knew.
- Helen Shivers: I don't think we were that powerful Julie, you're giving us way to much credit.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt - Julie James
Sarah Michelle Gellar - Helen Shivers

“The power of positive thinking.”

Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs

“America is the richest, most powerful country on Earth. If America was a woman, she would be a big-tittied woman. Everybody loves a big-tittied woman!”

Chris Rock - Mays Gilliam

“- Young Student: You can't stop it, can you? Even if you wanted to. Because it's not you, it's the system. The system won't let you stop it.
- Richard M. Nixon: There's... there's more at stake here than what you want, or what I want.
- Young Student: Then what's the point? What's the point of being President? You're powerless!”

Joanna Going - Young Student
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon

“Now they knew who was master and leader. Sheep, though I, but a real leader always knows when like to give and show generous to his unders.”
Malcom McDowell - Alex (A Clockwork Orange)

“I see now why you like sumo, you can never judge a man's power by his appearance alone.”

Zhang Ziyi - Sayuri

“- Hammond: When we have control again...
- Ellie: You never had control, that's the illusion! I was overwhelmed by the power of this place. But I made a mistake, too, I didn't have enough respect for that power and it's out now. The only thing that matters now are the people we love.”
Richard Attenborough - Hammond
Laura Dern - Ellie

“- Darwin Mayflower: We've got you clothes, a great hotel and a 250,000 lira per diem.
- Minerva Mayflower: That's 200 dollars a day. So he can get a hooker and some tequila? Veto, Darwin!
- Hudson Hawk: I guess we see who wears the penis in this family.”
Richard R. Grant - Darwin Mayflower
Sandra Bernhard - Minerva Mayflower
Bruce Willis - Hudson Hawk

“Power is not a means, it's an end.”
Richard Burton - O'Brien

“You were the most powerful man in England. And you could have been greater still, but you had not the courage to be loyal, only the conviction of your own vanity.”

Geoffrey Rush - Sir Francis Walsingham

“Some would argue that the Mafia is a bad thing, that it uses its power to undermine law and order, to promote the very lowest forms of human behavior. Of course, that's all true, but in the end, maybe it's worth it.”
Jay Mohr - Anthony 'Tony' Cortino

“Listen to me. I'm the boss, not Aunt Wendy. When it's your time to use the bathroom, you tell Aunt Wendy to get the fuck out of the bathroom! What are you, men or mice? She's hoggin' the bathroom - call me! Call me, and I'll throw her the fuck out!”

Harvey Keitel - LT

“- Blade: We'll play along for now. They'll take us in deeper than we've ever been. Get a chance to see how their world really ticks.
- Whistler: I had enough of their world. They're just shitting bricks just because they're no longer top of the food chain.”
Wesley Snipes - Blade
Kris Kristofferson - Whistler

“- Kim Obrist: I was scanned. The woman in the waiting room...
- Cameron Vale: She scanned you?
- Kim Obrist: No, not her. Her child. Her unborn child scanned me.
- Cameron Vale: That's what the Ripe program is. The doctors on the computer list are giving ephemerol to their pregnant patients.
- Kim Obrist: I don't understand.
- Cameron Vale:...” (continue)(continue reading)

Jennifer O'Neill - Kim Obrist
Stephen Lack - Cameron Vale

“No guns, no bullets could ever kill me. That was my power. Now my time is over.”
Wes Studi - Geronimo

“Power is dangerous.”
Rod Steiger - Kallin

“Remember, with great power comes great responsibility.”
Cliff Robertson - Ben Parker

“Long ago, in the early years of the Second Age, the great Elven-smiths forged rings of power. Nine for mortal men, seven for the Dwarf lords, three for the tall Elf Kings. But then, the dark lord learned the craft of ring making and made the Master Ring, the one ring to rule them all.”
William Squire - Gandalf

“- Karen Collier: I know you don't want to hear this right now. And I know you think I'm a complete idiot, and I know that the last you want to do right now is have a conversation with me.
- Jeremy Collier: Knowledge is power.”
Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Karen Collier
Emilio Estevez - Jeremy Collier

“Power comes from lying. Lying big, and gettin' the whole damn world to play along with you. Once you got everybody agreeing with what they know in their hearts ain't true, you've got 'em by the balls.”
Powers Boothe - Senator Roark

“- Elizabeth I: When I am queen, I promise... to act as my conscience dictates.
- Queen Mary Tudor: Well do not think to be queen at all!”
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth I
Kathy Burke - Queen Mary Tudor

“- Judah Earl: You can't stop me anymore, Ashe. You haven't got the power. There's nothing but pain for you now.
- Ashe Corven: Pain is my power.”
Richard Brooks - Judah Earl
Vincent Perez - Ashe Corven

“So, a woman isn't strong enough to help the mighty Caesar?”
Claudette Colbert - Cleopatra