Power Quotes

"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."

"How a minority, Reaching a majority, Seizing authority, Hates a minority!"

"The big rule is that you must never get mixed up with a married man - never even look sideways at another woman's fella. Boy, I really was terrific at obeying that rule, wasn't I?"

"I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be difficult in some way to talk to one's wife in a different way but it was so not forced."

"A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders."

"I have many weaknesses, but I have one strength. When I do something, I do it 300 percent. I'm not a middle man."

"I drive girls crazy because I might call them 20 times in one day and then the next day not once."

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

"If we resist our passions, it is more from their weakness than from our strength."

"God blesses us all with different views and perspectives and levels of influence and power."

"In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent."

"When you're first starting out, there's always the temptation to hide behind distortion because it lets you get away with murder. But, when it comes to rhythm work, you've gotta back off that gain control a bit, especially if you're playing with another guitarist."

"I learned that the problems that we have are not solved by blaming somebody else, and that our hope is not in who governs us as a nation. It's not in Mitt Romney or Barack Obama or Ron Paul. Our hope is in the power of God and his gospel working in the hearts of people."

"Thankfully, I was given a strong base by my parents, an understanding of who I was and my strength."

"I take all of my life lessons, which some people might call 'mistakes,' and apply them to my future so that I keep growing."

"The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back."

"It's impossible to control the reception of your work - the only thing you can control is the experience of writing itself, and the work you create."

"I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes."

"I had to know if I could make it somewhere else. I did not want to go through the rest of my life wondering what might have been without putting myself to the test."

"With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them."