Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
ANTHONY POWELL Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of...
ANTHONY POWELL Self-love seems so often unrequited.
ANTHONY POWELL Slowly, but very deliberately, the brooding edifice of seduction, creaking and incongruous, came int...
ANTHONY POWELL Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process i...
ANTHONY POWELL He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained fai...
ANTHONY POWELL It's more about faith and how God speaks to you and how it happens. I don't think I've worked on a p...
ANTHONY POWELL We will never forget what he did for us.
ANTHONY POWELL [His wife shuddered thinking of the terrifying tide of corpses floating in the flood.] I couldn't go...
ANTHONY POWELL He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained fai...
ANTHONY POWELL Books do furnish a room.
ANTHONY POWELL An immediate, overpowering, almost mystic sense of relief took shape within me. I felt suddenly sure...
ANTHONY POWELL People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biogra...
ANTHONY POWELL Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
ANTHONY POWELL People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case...
ANTHONY POWELL For some reason, the sight of snow descending on fire always makes me think of the ancient world –...
ANTHONY POWELL Some of the best of us are quite unambitious.
ANTHONY POWELL Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed.
ANTHONY POWELL She glided away towards the lift, which seemed hardly needed, with its earthly and mechanical paraph...
ANTHONY POWELL Champagne, m'lord?'
'Have we got any? One bottle would do. Even a half-bottle.'
Smith's fa...
ANTHONY POWELL Women may show some discrimination about whom they sleep with, but they'll marry anybody.
ANTHONY POWELL There is a strong disposition in youth, from which some individuals never escape, to suppose that ev...
ANTHONY POWELL Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
ANTHONY POWELL We took a bus to Victoria, then passed on foot into a vast, desolate region of stucco streets and sq...
ANTHONY POWELL I was relieved to find her attitude to myself suggested nothing more hostile than complete indiffere...
ANTHONY POWELL He gave me a look of great contempt; as I supposed, for venturing, even by implication, to draw a pa...
ANTHONY POWELL His mastery of the hard-luck story was of a kind never achieved by persons not wholly concentrated o...
ANTHONY POWELL On most of the occasions when I visited the Ufford, halls and reception rooms were so utterly desert...
ANTHONY POWELL Feeling unable to maintain this detachment of attitude towards human- and, in especial, matrimonial-...
ANTHONY POWELL There is, after all, no pleasure like that given by a woman who really wants to see you.
ANTHONY POWELL Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
COLIN POWELL My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight o...
COLIN POWELL Over the last 10 years a huge amount has been achieved in getting people into work. Measures such as...
LUCY POWELL I'd love to have a proper sailing boat and go around the world.
JONATHAN POWELL 'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.
NATE POWELL Power, privilege, and violence are not, and never were, strictly Southern issues in America.
NATE POWELL Comics creators are generally screwed in life: Most of us who are fortunate enough to do comics full...
NATE POWELL There are constant challenges in the drawing process, especially in a period piece, and therein lay ...
NATE POWELL My narrative style centers around intimate, highly subjective depictions of personal experience and ...
NATE POWELL We all accept the visual shorthand used throughout comics: if something's farther away, it'l...
NATE POWELL The comics I made from 1990 to 1997 were largely based in vaguely urban, vaguely dystopic settings b...
NATE POWELL There's nothing that compares with the time spent all by myself on a creation that is all my own...
NATE POWELL Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
NATE POWELL Kids have always play-fought, but I think my generation had a particularly privileged cultural fanta...
NATE POWELL I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this w...
NATE POWELL I love trying to forge a contract between creator and audience in which we are able to meet halfway,...
NATE POWELL I did grow up in a military family but lacked the perspective to grasp the cognitive dissonance carr...
NATE POWELL The books that stuck with me most as a child were 'A Wrinkle In Time', 'Dracula', &#...
NATE POWELL As a visual storyteller, a lot is learning what to include so you're not being redundant between...
NATE POWELL My sense of politics and justice was deeply shaped in adolescence by my involvement with the undergr...
NATE POWELL The truth is, I don't sketch much at all. I have a very visual/spatial brain that retains a lot ...
NATE POWELL I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, w...
COLIN POWELL In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for...
LUCY POWELL The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straig...
DAWN POWELL No organization is stronger than the quality of its leadership, or ever extends its constituency far...
EDGAR POWELL I want everybody to be scared to death of us. I don't say that in a bellicose way. I say that in a w...
COLIN POWELL The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
JOHN POWELL The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.
ENOCH POWELL The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have...
COLIN POWELL Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vi...
COLIN POWELL We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this count...
COLIN POWELL Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it...
COLIN POWELL Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your...
COLIN POWELL It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
COLIN POWELL Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
COLIN POWELL Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard...
COLIN POWELL In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde.
POWELL CLAYTON The BBG may want to start numerous new broadcast services, or revive VOA (Voice of America) services...
ADAM POWELL Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.
ADAM POWELL In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde.
ADAM POWELL Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.
ADAM POWELL Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes progressivism, th...
ADAM POWELL Make your life a happy one. That is where success is possible to every man.
ROBERT POWELL Either move or be moved.
COLIN POWELL Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field ...
COLIN POWELL 90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
COLIN POWELL Get mad, then get over it.
COLIN POWELL Experts often possess more data than judgment.
COLIN POWELL To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people, and not love things and use people.
JOHN POWELL But you have to understand, American democracy is not like the system you have. We're not an ocean l...
COLIN POWELL Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforti...
COLIN POWELL Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take...
E.P. POWELL Communication works for those who work at it.
JOHN POWELL By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world t...
JOHN POWELL Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough
COLIN POWELL Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
COLIN POWELL Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories o...
COLIN POWELL What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
ELEANOR POWELL More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.
JOHN POWELL There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failu...
COLIN POWELL Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.
COLIN POWELL We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that wou...
COLIN POWELL Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousan...
WILLIAM POWELL Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approac...
COLIN POWELL Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
COLIN POWELL A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
COLIN POWELL Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you hav...
COLIN POWELL Maybe strong leaders are not quite as alluring as we think, and we should celebrate the fact that ou...
JONATHAN POWELL Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used...
LUCY POWELL In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade e...
LUCY POWELL The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, ...
COLIN POWELL It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a p...
COLIN POWELL Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they ...
DAWN POWELL I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winni...
COLIN POWELL When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be ...
COLIN POWELL But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you&#...
COLIN POWELL In the 1950s, as food rationing ended, I remember a plentiful supply of sweets for the first time.
ROBERT POWELL In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a no...
COLIN POWELL If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity wit...
COLIN POWELL Our smallest amount of miles in one day is 33 miles. And then, our largest is 105. I'm really scared...
BECKY POWELL And I have this at my grasp, and I have to take advantage of it.
BECKY POWELL And they were all excited and they were going to do it. But then, none of them did it. Just me doing...
BECKY POWELL We really weren't that encouraged. Everybody had dead faces before the game.
BECKY POWELL I do not think that war is always wrong: sometimes it is necessary to stop a dictator, prevent massi...
JONATHAN POWELL There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the...
COLIN POWELL Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But y...
COLIN POWELL In these difficult times, when tough decisions are required, the differences between Labour and the ...
LUCY POWELL I am firmly of the view we should keep the police out of politics in Britain, or we risk going the w...
JONATHAN POWELL You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda....
COLIN POWELL Today the demands are for even higher standards in the quality of care, for greater flexibility and ...
LUCY POWELL We're still in the crisis stage, ... Once we're past search and rescue and things calm down, we'll c...
ANN POWELL I've just been overwhelmed by the outpouring of people who want to help our arts organizations and a...
ANN POWELL The Coast is one of the shining stars in the crown of the arts in the state, ... It's devastating, e...
ANN POWELL I'll pledge the amount you ask on one condition, ... It will have to be named for you as well, and I...
ANN POWELL There wasn't anybody in my heart like Christy was. And that's why I did that,
ANN POWELL She was so sweet and so good and so pretty, ... Oh God. It was so tough for us.
ANN POWELL There is something about that hotel that has charm, ... I felt it right away.
ANN POWELL I ordinarily wouldn't have taken a chance on something like that,
ANN POWELL An associate and I bought it, and we're going to restore it, ... I'm going to be principal owner and...
ANN POWELL When I decided to sell it, it was just to get the money to do all the things that I've done,
ANN POWELL Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.
COLIN POWELL It shows no-one knows how fast a man can run
ASAFA POWELL I feel really good that I got through. It's early in the season, I'm really fresh on the track.
ASAFA POWELL I was quite nervous out there. I haven't been on the (Melbourne) track for almost a year now, so I n...
ASAFA POWELL That guy is a great starter but I knew I had it from the start.
ASAFA POWELL That was my first major championships back in 2002 and I didn't get to perform as well as I wanted t...
ASAFA POWELL If I thought about (the record), I would have broken it but the key is to have fun. (The fans) are c...
ASAFA POWELL Every time they will show up unexpectedly and do drugs tests, but it doesn't bother me.
ASAFA POWELL I finally did it. Further on in the season, I'll try to break the record.
ASAFA POWELL Everyone is looking for me to bring a gold back home, and a lot of people in other places are expect...
ASAFA POWELL I was only following instructions, my coach told me to run the first 50m and then take it easy.
ASAFA POWELL People in south Manchester overwhelming want to be able to recycle more than they currently can - es...
LUCY POWELL That's absolutely not supposed to happen. Going and picking up people and not making them an employe...
ALLEN POWELL There's an opportunity to future-proof their end-user networks.
ALLEN POWELL I think that was a pretty pivotal point.
ALLEN POWELL We want to keep our partnership with the college, so we're looking for ways we can help fund our bui...
ALLEN POWELL People tend to think we're a one-person team, but we have a lot of quality players. We have lots of ...
AMY POWELL People look forward to having that time with each other and are showing up earlier and earlier each ...
AMY POWELL It wasn't like walking into a bar. I immediately sensed there was something different about this pla...
AMY POWELL Alex has become more vocal for us, which is a nice surprise. She never stepped up like this before b...
AMY POWELL First we want to win our district. We want to go undefeated in district. I've got girls on this team...
AMY POWELL This team has great chemistry. They have better chemistry than last year's team.
AMY POWELL We lost five seniors, and three of them were starters. I've tried really hard not to compare this te...
AMY POWELL It's hard to tell where we are because we haven't really been tested in our district yet.
AMY POWELL Defense, defense, defense. That's been our motto this year.
AMY POWELL It showed Erin and the team that no one is handed their spot in the starting lineup.
AMY POWELL There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperi...
LUCY POWELL Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it...
COLIN POWELL The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
COLIN POWELL The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an o...
COLIN POWELL Nanotechnology is manufacturing with atoms.
WILLIAM POWELL The economic and social decline of Zimbabwe is shocking and appalling. Life there is unrecognisable ...
LUCY POWELL Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, t...
COLIN POWELL You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nati...
COLIN POWELL I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but th...
COLIN POWELL You should never appease terrorists. The mistake made by critics of the 'talking to your enemy&#...
JONATHAN POWELL I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that...
COLIN POWELL Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.
COLIN POWELL Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
COLIN POWELL The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only ...
LUCY POWELL Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.
COLIN POWELL If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.
ENOCH POWELL We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attr...
JANE POWELL By afflictions, God is spoiling us [i.e., taking away from us] of what otherwise might have spoiled ...
JOHN POWELL Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection
JOHN POWELL For us political activists and candidates, the morning after any election is a mix of emotions - the...
LUCY POWELL I think we will have a boy baby and he will be born on the 20th of August. Everyone else has a girl ...
DAWN POWELL (King) had an ability to follow a passion in a way most people never would.
BRIAN POWELL Our daughter is 14, ... She feels good about where we moved.
BRIAN POWELL Our daughter is 14. She feels good about where we moved.
BRIAN POWELL being in prison will turn you into a man.
BRIAN POWELL Some argue that now isn't the time to push the green agenda - that all efforts should be on prev...
LUCY POWELL I want people to feel like they completely benefited, and really understand the benefits.
BRENDA POWELL That's the beauty of yoga. There is no right or wrong, it just is.
BRENDA POWELL It won't feel that hot when you get going.
BRENDA POWELL You don't have the time not to.
BRENDA POWELL The postures are designed in a specific sequence to make sure all the muscle groups are being hit, a...
BRENDA POWELL It is accessible and affordable to everyone, no matter their situation.
BRENDA POWELL I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriag...
COLIN POWELL It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political s...
COLIN POWELL In the current climate motorists have a long list of issues from which to choose to raise on the doo...
LUCY POWELL The impact of the downturn is starting to feel very real. House prices and the housing market have b...
LUCY POWELL Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.
PADGETT POWELL Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad ...
COLIN POWELL I wish that Iraq had not happened - and that we had not lost touch with so many of our natural suppo...
LUCY POWELL A global deal will only be possible if Britain plays its part, leading the way with other developed ...
LUCY POWELL We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a re...
COLIN POWELL He wrestled with it the rest of the year, but there was a point where he wanted to quit. I was talki...
CHAD POWELL On my varsity lineup, I can't come up with anybody who either doesn't live on a farm or hasn't worke...
CHAD POWELL If he (Jeremiah) can't be ready for a tournament like this with the practice partners he's had, he'l...
CHAD POWELL