Power Dissipation

Famous quotes containing the words power and/or dissipation:

“The personal touch between the people and the man to whom they temporarily delegated power of course conduces to a better understanding between them. Moreover, I ought not to omit to mention as a useful result of my journeying that I am to visit a great many expositions and fairs, and that the curiosity to see the President will certainly increase the box receipts and tend to rescue many commendable enterprises from financial disaster.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

“But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)