A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it. Marcel Proust challengecommunicateidea Change image and share on social
A powerful performance will transform everyone in the room. Marina Abramovic performancepowerfulroom Change image and share on social
A powerful studio boss doesn't want to be bested by a woman, even in chess. And a successful agent steps on a lot of toes. You lose actors jobs so you can get them for your own clients. Sue Mengers actoragentbest Change image and share on social
A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them. Carolus Linnaeus botanistdetectdistinguish Change image and share on social
A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences. Edward Tufte demonstrativeexperiencehand Change image and share on social
A practical way to travel between the stars is a must-have for space opera, and a sine qua non for our frequently vaunted future as a galactic society. Seth Shostak frequentlyfuturegalactic Change image and share on social
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. Phillips Brooks definitiongodwardprayer Change image and share on social
A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers. Robert Green Ingersoll cannoncarryforgiveness Change image and share on social
A precedent embalms a principle. Benjamin Disraeli embalmprecedentprinciple Change image and share on social
A precept or command is a general teaching of God, obligating every man under pain of mortal sin - namely, in cases in which he has fallen away from the command. Hence, the saints who for a period of their life lived hypocritically sinned mortally for that period. So also the damned, by persistent false living, sin persistently in Hell. Jan Hus casecommanddamn share on social