Powerful

Famous quotes containing the word powerful:

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

“The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly—because if they don’t speak fast nobody will listen to them.”
—Michael Caine [Maurice Joseph Micklewhite] (b. 1933)

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)