Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."Norma Desmond
"A producer's nothing without a name."Norma Desmond
"I am the greatest star of them all."Norma Desmond
"Power is the only currency that matters."Norma Desmond
"The greatest power is the power to nurture."Max von Mayerling
"I have learned that power corrupts, but powerlessness ennobles."Max von Mayerling
"Pewowwer witwhout wiesdomw bweeds dewstrcuwctwin."Elmer Fudd
"Pewowerew wiswelyew usewedew bewewcomewesew gewreweatewenesewsew."Elmer Fudd
"I learned too late that power corrupts even the noblest intentions."Jedediah Leland
"The greatest power is the power to change one's mind."Jedediah Leland
"My whole life has been about what he wanted."Susan Alexander
"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."Norma Desmond
"You belong to me. I own you."Norma Desmond
"I made a decision... and decisions are final."Norma Desmond
"Fame is a prison, but a glorious one."Norma Desmond
"Nobody leaves me."Norma Desmond
"This house is my kingdom, and I'm queen."Norma Desmond
"You can smell the desperation in this town like cheap perfume."Joe Gillis
"The studios will use you up and throw you away like yesterday's script."Joe Gillis
"Fame in this town is a disease. Once it touches you, it consumes you."Joe Gillis
"The machine doesn't care about your dreams or your talent."Joe Gillis
"I was a fool to think I could beat the system."Joe Gillis
"Without me, there would be no Norma Desmond. I made her a star."Max von Mayerling
"To understand power, one must first understand powerlessness."Max von Mayerling
"A man, a newspaper, and the power to shape opinion."Charles Foster Kane
"Power corrupts those who do not maintain their virtue."Charles Foster Kane
"I sought to control everything but myself."Charles Foster Kane
"Power corrupts even the noblest of intentions."Jedediah Leland
"Power is the final arbiter of all disputes."Jedediah Leland
"Pwower without pwurpose is just emwpty dwarkness."Elmer Fudd