Powerful

Famous quotes containing the word powerful:

“Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.”
—Harold Clurman (1901–1980)

“The toddler’s wish to please ... is a powerful aid in helping the child to develop a social awareness and, eventually, a moral conscience. The child’s love for the parent is so strong that it causes him to change his behavior: to refrain from hitting and biting, to share toys with a peer, to become toilet trained. This wish for approval is the parent’s most reliable ally in the process of socializing the child.”
—Alicia F. Lieberman (20th century)

“It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)