Potent

Famous quotes containing the word potent:

“Graves at my command
Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let ‘em forth
By my so potent art. But this rough magic
I here abjure.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The grizzly bear whose potent hug
Was feared by all, is now a rug.

Great Caesar’s bust is on the shelf,
And I don’t feel so well myself.”
—Arthur Guiterman (1891–1943)

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”
—Stephen Biko (1946–1977)