Potence Quotes

#1. In human history, we are going from knowledge to omniscience, from potence to omnipotence, from ethics and religion to righteousness. So, in my view, God comes at the end of this long process. This may not happen in our lifetimes or even in the lifetime of our species.

Martin Seligman

#2. Any fool can be fussy and rid himself of energy all over the place, but a man has to have something in him before he can settle down to do nothing.

J.B. Priestley

#3. God is diverse and inclusive, not limited and exclusive. You're thinking of a Country Club.

Brian Robertson

#4. We are told, that the black bear is innocent; but I should not like to trust myself with him.

Samuel Johnson

#5. We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

Robert Trout

#6. It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.

Pope John XXIII

#7. Sometimes i wish i'd been an englishman; american life is so damned dumb and stupid and healthy

F Scott Fitzgerald

#8. I have learned to consciously avoid letting that thought, It's been done, enter my creative process. You have to try not to edit yourself before you actually shoot.

Todd Hido

#9. Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.

Plato