Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

C
"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die."
Cersei Lannister
D
"I will take what is mine with fire and blood."
Daenerys Targaryen
D
"Lannister, Baratheon, Stark, Tyrell... they're all just spokes on a wheel."
Daenerys Targaryen
H
"The greatest power lies in understanding human nature"
Hari Seldon
S
"Power without responsibility corrupts absolutely"
Salvor Hardin
P
"The sleeper has awakened"
Paul Atreides
S
"He who controls the spice controls the universe"
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
B
"Ambition clouds judgment"
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
P
"Power corrupts the best of intentions"
Paul Atreides
C
"When you play a game of thrones, you win or you die."
Cersei Lannister
P
"Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder."
Petyr Baelish
D
"I am the alpha and the omega."
Daenerys Targaryen
D
"I will take what is mine with fire and blood."
Daenerys Targaryen
H
"Names have power in both the real world and the metaverse"
Hiro Protagonist
E
"What is the good of power if not to preserve the bond between two people?"
Estraven
H
"Empires rise and fall by the laws of psychohistory"
Hari Seldon
D
"I will take what is mine with fire and blood."
Daenerys Targaryen
P
"You are too good to let live."
Peter Wiggin
P
"He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing."
Paul Atreides
S
"No law, no treaty is stronger than the fear of losing the spice."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
S
"The building of an empire is violence. The restraint is the miracle."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
S
"Men thirst for power as plants thirst for water."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
C
"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die"
Cersei Lannister
S
"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
S
"The Fremen were the key to the planet."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
P
"He who can destroy a thing, controls all things."
Paul Atreides
S
"The greatest house will fall—with the rest of the great houses."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
E
"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, I destroy him."
Ender Wiggin
G
"Ender is a killer, a maker of the rules."
Graff
C
"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die."
Cersei Lannister