Famous Quotes

"I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power."

Patricia Cornwell on Power

More quotes about Power

• "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

  Abraham Lincoln on Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Patricia Cornwell

• "In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted."

• "On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea."

• "I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is."

• "I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology it's solved by people."