Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders. — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack… — Gangaji Copy Share Image
I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an opportunity to urge you to work with… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
There is a meltdown of authority going on in the world and a corresponding increase of lawlessness. The earth itself is also… — Rick Joyner Copy Share Image
“There are many perks to living for twenty-one centuries, and foremost among them is bearing witness to the rare birth of genius.… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
I believe we should follow the text of every law, even (a) law I disagree with, it's one of the real differences… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We are trained from birth not to question authority and to blindly follow it into the abyss. — Rev Richard Skaff Copy Share Image
The word 'truth' itself ceases to have its old meaning. It describes no longer something to be found, with the individual conscience… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The authority of a belief imposed by religion surely destroys the discovery of reality.One relies on authority because one is afraid to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field… — Elmer Davis Copy Share Image
The man who submits to violence is debased by his compliance; but when he submits to that right of authority which he… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Either Christ is a liar or war is never necessary, and very properly assuming that Christ told the truth, it follows that… — Ben Salmon Copy Share Image
The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another... It is a most extraordinary thing that… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved in abstract… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It degrades from the equal rank of Citizens all those whose opinions in Religion do not bend to those of the Legislative… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The effect of our knowledge rather ought to be, first, to teach us reverence and fear; and, secondly, to induce us, under… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself.… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetuated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share Image
I think now that I've tried directing, I'm not interested in doing adaptations anymore. I could do an adaptation of someone else's… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
The phrase "may you live in interesting times" is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue "may you come… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian… — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
I was petrified because all my friends would be going to Washington, DC, to protest. I was sixteen, and I was like,… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
