Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

O
"I want to be valued, in the way that wives are valued."
Offred
T
"A woman is her ovaries."
The Commander
J
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden
R
"Power is in the darkness."
Rinehart
J
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden
J
"You have no idea what I am."
Judge Holden
R
"You see, some people, if you can take their joy from them, they're reduced to half of what they were."
Rasheed
R
"A man's honor is built on the subjugation of his wife."
Rasheed
T
"Being invisible and without substance, a disembodied voice, as it were, what else could I do?"
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
T
"I had achieved a position of great authority."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
T
"Power consists of making people believe you're powerful."
The Commander
J
"Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent"
Judge Holden
J
"Everything that is is a study of power"
Judge Holden
M
"Pen is envy, penis is envy"
Moira
O
"A voice is power"
Offred
O
"We were not in control"
Offred
O
"Memory is a form of power"
Offred
T
"I felt a vast network of power and I didn't understand it."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
T
"I learned that words have power beyond measure."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
J
"Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden
T
"The most insidious and fatal thing is this acceptance."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
T
"Everyone wants to use you for something."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
T
"The world conspires to make you something you are not."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
T
"The world demands that you conform or disappear."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
J
"All order is imposed."
Judge Holden
O
"Pity is not the point. Nor love. The point is the taking, the ownership."
Offred
J
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden
J
"I have no enemies."
Judge Holden
B
"Words were weapons she had wielded thoughtlessly."
Briony Tallis
T
"Power derives from control, and those without control are destroyed."
The Narrator (omniscient)