Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
Francis Bacon
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
I would say invisibility would be sort of a fun power to have just to see what it was like to move through the world and not be looked at.
Kevin Bacon
In our story logic which we're making up, if we're saying he's alive, then like a quadriplegic who's in bed he can move his head and... →
John Badham
I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.
Joan Baez
The supposed revelations of God to humanity through Christ, or the word of God to Mohammed through the angel Gabriel, had the power they did because... →
Julian Baggini
The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
David Bailey
By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who... →
Fredrik Bajer
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it... →
Nicholson Baker
It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I... →
Ray Stannard Baker