Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

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"The more successful you are, the more you have to be paranoid."
Andy Grove
"The world has never yet seen a really great woman who wanted to rule men; all the great women have wanted to rule circumstances."
Ada Lovelace
"I must not be controlled by circumstances, but rather control them myself."
Ada Lovelace
"The future is not something that happens to us, but something we create."
Ada Lovelace
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"The human mind is the most powerful computer ever created."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"The power of a woman in a male-dominated field is the power of undeniable competence."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"The computer followed our logic, and logic recognized no boundaries."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"We proved that the mind is the only machine that matters."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"The future is not something that happens to us; it is something we create through our choices."
John von Neumann
S
"Power without wisdom is merely organized chaos."
Shunpei Yamazaki
S
"Power over others is slavery to maintaining that power."
Shunpei Yamazaki
"The greatest power of numbers is that they can express the infinite."
Ada Lovelace
"The power of the mind is unlimited when properly cultivated."
Ada Lovelace
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"The power of technology lies not in what it does, but in how it amplifies human potential."
Carver Mead
C
"Power comes not from control but from understanding the principles by which things naturally organize."
Carver Mead
G
"The greatest power in the world is the power to choose."
Gordon Moore
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"Power without wisdom is tyranny."
Gordon Moore
J
"My hands guided machines that no one had guided before, and my mind guided my hands."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"I worked with machines, but I never forgot that I was the one doing the thinking."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"Power without understanding leads inevitably to catastrophe."
John von Neumann
J
"The power of a tool is limited only by the imagination of the user."
John von Neumann
D
"Power without purpose is merely tyranny."
Donna Dubinsky
D
"Power is most evident in moments of restraint and wisdom."
Donna Dubinsky
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"The more successful you are, the more people want a piece of you."
Andy Grove
C
"Power comes not from controlling nature but from understanding it."
Carver Mead
C
"Power without wisdom becomes tyranny; wisdom without power is just philosophy."
Carver Mead
G
"I believe that with great technological power comes great responsibility."
Gordon Moore
R
"When software is proprietary, the vendor controls the product and through it, the users."
Richard Stallman
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"Every program has an owner, and that owner decides what you can do."
Richard Stallman
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"Proprietary software vendors want to keep you dependent on them."
Richard Stallman