In 1600, when Shakespeare's audience at the Globe heard 'Hamlet' for the first time, every one of them knew very well what… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
I played a loving but stern figure of authority and it seems the kids who write me want that kind of a… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Let us choose to unite the power of markets with the authority of universal ideals. Let us choose to reconcile the creative… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
A woman, by nature, is more emotional than a man and is not equipped to approach certain responsibilities with the authority that… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
A press that has validity is a press that has authority. And as soon as there's any authority to what the press… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
In a couple of years, the Chinese will be seen as regular participants in international industry. Their companies have to report to… — Daniel Yergin Copy Share Image
“With regard to complex trauma survivors, self-determination and autonomy require that the therapist treat each client as the "authority" in determining the… — Christine A. Courtois Copy Share Image
Someone asks me what's my practice? I don't want the fear of being humiliated to have authority over me. I don't want… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments,… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
Hopefully that will be seen as a response, a leadership responding to an issue and therefore one's authority, while it's not as… — Brian Cowen Copy Share Image
The Trans Pacific Partnership (and fast-track authority to whisk it through Congress without debate) is fast approaching. If you haven't seen our… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
When you have an authority figure tell you something that distinguishes you, there's a little bit of a badge of courage or… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
Concepts which have proved useful for ordering things easily assume so great an authority over us, that we forget their terrestrial origin… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
The ambiguous, gray areas of authority and responsibility between parents and teachers exacerbate the distrust between them. The distrust is further complicated… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Between a Man and his Wife nothing ought to rule but Love. Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I believe strongly that Occupy Wall Street had such limits because the local authorities were able to enforce, basically in our imaginations,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
In the armies and among every ten men there is one of more life, of more heart, or at least of more… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
For the educated, the authority of science rested on the strictness of its methods; for the mass, it rested on the powers… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
Why did the Great Schism spurred a fundamentaland far-reaching debate about the nature of authority within the Church? Please Answer...) — Brandon McCaw Copy Share Image
No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The founder of every creed from Jesus Christ to Karl Marx, would be appalled to return to earth and see what has… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
It was right to overthrow Saddam Hussein. It was the regime itself that was a threat. I think in hindsight, what I… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
If you want to be productive, follow leads and dig. Whether it is for oil, gold or information, it requires action -… — Andrew Saul Copy Share Image
I will not be influenced, governed, or controlled, in my temporal interests by any ecclesiastical authority or pretended revelation whatever, contrary to… — Oliver Cowdery Copy Share Image
“We are at the mercy of whoever wields authority over the things we either desire or detest. If you would be free,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must… — Patrick Dodson Copy Share Image
There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How to win in life: 1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow 5 don't let people… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power… — James Madison Copy Share Image
That you cannot have Christian principles without Christ is becoming increasingly clear, because their validity as principles depends on Christ's authority. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Communism and fascism or nazism, although poles apart in their intellectual content, are similar in this, that both have emotional appeal to… — James A.C. Brown Copy Share Image
The federal government must retreat from its hyperactive involvement in areas traditionally under states' authority and refuse future temptations to regulate and… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
