Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

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