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Potency Quotes

The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency---half tiger,half poet.

The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency---half tiger,half poet.

Yehudi Menuhin (1986). “Life class: thoughts, exercises, reflections of an itinerant violinist”, Vintage

The power and the potency of music will transcend any one person's opinion about it.

"Adam Levine: 'People thought Maroon 5 were a boy band'". Interview with Mark Savage, www.bbc.com. August 5, 2014.

Use almost can change the stamp of nature.

William Shakespeare (1851). “Dictionary of Shakespearian quotations: Exhibiting the most forcible passages illustrative of the various passions, affections and emotions of the human mind”, p.158

Politics can be strengthened by music, but music has a potency that defies politics.

Nelson Mandela (2008). “Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela”, p.156, Hachette UK

Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3152, Manonmani Publishers

Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species

Garrett Hardin (1995). “Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos”, p.73, Oxford University Press

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.448, Routledge