To me, Oyster says, The only power of life and death you have is every time you order a hamburger at McDonald's.
You turn up your music to hide the noise. Other people turn up their music to hide yours. You turn up yours again. Everyone buys a bigger stereo system. This is the arms race of sound. You don't win with a lot of treble. This isn't about quality. It's about volume. This isn't about music. This is about winning. You stomp the competition with the bass line. You rattle windows. You drop the melody line and shout the lyrics. You put in foul language and come down hard on each cussword. You dominate. This is really about power.
You want to lead one day? Then learn how to follow.
A ruler who kills those devoted to her is not a ruler who inspires devotion.
Presidents don't have power. Their job is to draw attention away from it.
Have you considered the best ruler might be someone who doesn't want to rule?
When there's the possibility of a little power, you already want more.
Give a man a few lines of verse and he thinks he's the Lord of all Creation.
When a man is just out for the power,
All his life, every day, every hour, -
He should be in the psychiatry,
Brainsick and sour.
It's a ghost living just for the money,
It's a cripple with a heart of a mummy.
Why is that so hard to admit, that power is a turn-on?