Famous quotes containing the word potent:
“The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes and stenches.”
—Eric Hoffer (19021983)
“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 (15641616)
“A potent quack, long versed in human ills,
Who first insults the victim whom he kills;
Whose murdrous hand a drowsy bench protect,
And whose most tender mercy is neglect.”
—George Crabbe (17541832)
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