There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.
All the power to them but I'm not interested in making yet another show that looks like some other show.
Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.
I like power and I like to use it.
Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.
Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond.
We are so reliant on power and technology for everything.
I don't seek power and do not run around.
The way to have power is to take it.
Power is always a corrupting influence.
A secret is powerful when it is empty.
Power has a social function.
The test of real and vigorous thinking, the thinking which ascertains truths instead of dreaming dreams, is successful application to practice.
Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.
War of words. We are influenced by the western media. But is what we hear the truth or just PR campaigns for governments?
While war for love is inspiring in legends and epic poems, we must be governed by cynical pragmatism.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
By this means the government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft.
Slaves are governed by the fear of man, and, whenever the fear of man replaces the fear of God in a society, slavery reappears and increases.
The best form of government is one that is dying, because that means it’s giving way to something else.
Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone
