Wield Quotations

In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.

I've spent quality time in the aerospace community, with my service on two presidential commissions, but at heart, I'm an academic. Being an academic means I don't wield power over person, place or thing. I don't command armies; I don't lead labor unions. All I have is the power of thought.

If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.

The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually make that much money.

Our post-denominational age should be the perfect time for a Mormon to become president, or at least the Republican nominee. Mormons share nearly all the conservative commitments so beloved of the evangelicals who wield disproportionate influence in primary elections.

The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.

Historically, professors have defended tenure as a way to protect their individualistic thought. But tenure can also be used as a club to wield against the powerless.

GMAC is in some ways both the instrument for preservation of GM intermediate term and also an instrument for GM to wield in negotiations with the unions.

He does wield a pretty heavy stick. Gov. Richardson wants you to be with him 100% of the time. If you're with him 99% of the time, you're his enemy.

I think this is to placate but also she is of two minds to continue to wield this power.

I think UAL has shown that you can play hardball on slashing labor costs. You don't need to dance around. You wield a powerful stick that can force labor groups to accept draconian cuts.

Jameson is a literature professor but his teaching is based on an uninformed opinion. All he's done is wield ideologies out of a 19th-century theory.

I was extremely irritated that a state senator would try to hinder the opening of this court without seeking all the information. She tried to wield her power and squash us.

It doesn't matter who his running mate is, he is the one running for governor and he is the one who would wield the veto pen in office.

Everywhere, unthinking mobs of 'independent thinkers' wield tired cliches like cudgels, pummeling those who dare question 'enlightened' dogma. ... Cliches begin arguments, they don't settle them.

What the FAA has in place hasn't worked. We are absolutely serious. We want it required. This isn't a big love fest out there. FAA has to wield a big hammer to make it happen, and we're going to help them.

RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.Sharp, irresistible by mail or shield, By guard unparried as by flight unstayed, O serviceable Rumor, let me wield Against my enemy no other blade. His be the terror of a foe unseen, His the inutile hand upon the hilt, And mine the deadly tongue, long, slender, keen, Hinting a rumor of some ancient guilt. So shall I slay the wretch without a blow, Spare me to celebrate his overthrow, And nurse my valor for another foe. --Joel Buxter

Adults, who outnumber kids four or five to one, are in charge. We wield the resources, run the world, and completely thwart kids' creativity.

It is yet another example of how much power a small group could wield behind closed doors.

Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here.

Conditions are ripe for triumph, ... We will win. And we will wield great power here.

All he says is that he has a one-year contract. They will probably find someone else to take over as CEO. I'm not saying Joe is a guy who couldn't do it, but generally the guy who has to wield the axe is there for a short period of time.