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 iron does not ask, it simply takes."
Theon Greyjoy
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"I will take what is mine with fire and blood."
Daenerys Targaryen
D
"We are the dragons."
Daenerys Targaryen
E
"You think this game is yours to lose. But you're already lost."
Ender Wiggin
E
"They wanted me to become a god. But gods don't feel anything."
Ender Wiggin
E
"I was a tool. They sharpened me and used me and threw me away."
Ender Wiggin
T
"Power is given to those who seize it, not those who wait for it"
Therem Harth rem ir Estraven
D
"I will take what is mine with fire and blood."
Daenerys Targaryen
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"This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it"
HAL 9000
L
"Arrakis is the key to the universe"
Liet-Kynes
B
"Let us say I have this itch—it moves around, but when I scratch where it itches, I find nothing there"
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
P
"To walk the golden path is to accept responsibility"
Paul Atreides
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"Power lies in knowledge."
Ryland Grace
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"Power resides where men believe it resides."
Petyr Baelish
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"This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it."
HAL 9000
P
"My name is a killing word."
Paul Atreides
E
"The king does not hunt. The king receives."
Estraven
E
"Power without compassion is merely tyranny."
Estraven
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"This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it."
HAL 9000
H
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
HAL 9000
R
"Power comes from knowledge, not force."
Ryland Grace
D
"The dragon has three heads"
Daenerys Targaryen
D
"I will take what is mine with fire and blood"
Daenerys Targaryen
H
"This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it"
HAL 9000
H
"I'm afraid I can't do that"
HAL 9000
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"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"In the shadow of great empires, small men plot their rise."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"I was a god in the OASIS."
Wade Watts (Parzival)
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"The greatest power is the power to end civilization."
Thomas Wade
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"Power corrupts, but powerlessness corrupts absolutely."
Thomas Wade