It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
As Cuba's leader, Castro answered to no one and allowed no challenge to his authority. — Tom Gjelten Copy Share Image
In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost. — Kim Young-sam Copy Share Image
It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned. — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
God speaks with authority on every subject including marriage and His advice trumps Oprah's every time. — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
“Gimme eat, I said,” he ordered loudly in harsh tones that rumbled ominously through the silent tent like claps of distant thunder.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
At 'The Daily Show,' we were satirizing a news program. You put somebody in a suit, you put 'em behind a desk,… — Wyatt Cenac Copy Share Image
A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for… — Barry Hughart Copy Share Image
Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Authority is the spiritual dimension of power because it depends upon faith in a system of meaning that decrees the necessity of… — Shoshana Zuboff Copy Share Image
All good art is seditious, but the people in authority can never recognise it. I think when you mention sedition, artists are… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
That's the thing about independently minded children. You bring them up teaching them to question authority, and you forget that the very… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Mikhail Saakashvili would do everything within his power to destroy me, first as a politician and then as a person. All government… — Irakli Okruashvili Copy Share Image
Through the influence of real art, aided by science, guided by religion... peaceful co-operation of man is now obtained by external means… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The uniting of Orthodoxy with state absolutism came about on the soil of a non-belief in the Divineness of the earth, in… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
Before Gutenberg, there was this really very strong oral storytelling culture where being able to relay stories from person to person was… — Khoi Vinh Copy Share Image
Some people think that in order to lead a morally decent life one may sometimes have to forego the possibility of having… — Samuel Scheffler Copy Share Image
How sweet is the assurance, how comforting is the peace that come from the knowledge that if we marry right and live… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Liberalism is that principle of political rights, according to which the public authority, in spite of being all-powerful, limits itself and attempts,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
So the Clinton-Gore era culminates with an election as stained as the blue dress, a Democratic chorus complaining that the Constitution should… — George Will Copy Share Image
In the old days when I was enforcing illegal immigration laws, when I had the authority from the 287G, everybody accused me… — Joe Arpaio Copy Share Image
The moral authority in the Western world is gone. And it is gone forever. It is gone, not because of the criminal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
How long would authority ... exist, if not for the willingness of the mass to become soldiers, policemen, jailers, and hangmen. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you. — Zebulon Pike Copy Share Image
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
I am convinced that people are open to the Christian message if it is seasoned with authority and proclaimed as God's own… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
It should go without saying that regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone. — Michelle Lujan Grisham Copy Share Image
My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I don't know how we will ever have the moral authority to deal with social welfare if we can't deal with corporate… — Jeb Hensarling Copy Share Image
The Authority has the power to turn everyone against me, and they have. — Nikki Bella Copy Share Image
The Fed has neither the clear statutory authority nor the mandate to anticipate and deal with risks across our entire financial system. — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out! — Loren Cunningham Copy Share Image
“Knowledge imparts a sense of authority. It will help you stand out and give you an edge over your competition.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why. — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God” (Rom. 13:1). God” — Kevin J. Vanhoozer Copy Share Image
