I think thats the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing. — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
Each person is oriented toward a quest for his personal invisible guide, or . . . he entrusts himself to the collective,… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
The difficulty is to keep a tight reign on our emotions. They may remain, but it is not they who are to… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous. — James Dobson Copy Share Image
The faculty know what they need to develop and they need to work with an administrator with the authority do get it… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Because the bill vests in the said incorporated church an authority to provide for the support of the poor and the education… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Authority is not a quality one person 'has,' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
In other words, the Church acknowledges Science as the higher authority. — Wilhelm Ostwald Copy Share Image
It is only by hearsay (by word of mouth passed down from generation to generation) that whole peoples adore the God of… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
When women understand that governments and religions are human inventions; that Bibles, prayer-books, catechisms, and encyclical letters are all emanations from the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
I could not accept that organizational interpretations, based on shifting human reasoning, could ever be made equal in authority to the actual… — Raymond Franz Copy Share Image
Someone who lies and someone who tells the truth are playing on opposite sides, so to speak, in the same game. Each… — Harry Frankfurt Copy Share Image
Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Folks, we're starting to learn more and more about that man arrested in the New York SUV car bombing case. His name… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
If what you are claiming is true, I would have shouted it from the rooftops. I would have gone to the authorities,… — Alan Colmes Copy Share Image
People know, or dimly feel, that if thinking is not kept pure and keen, and if respect for the world of mind… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
You must learn to look at people who are angry with you straight in the eye without getting angry back. When children… — Roy Masters Copy Share Image
At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
The Cold War is over. The kind of authority that the presidents asserted during the Cold War has now been diminished. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Essentially, it is the director who is the creative head of a film. The final authority on all decisions lies with the… — Aamir Khan Copy Share Image
God has given me authority in heaven and on earth, but my writ does not extend to hell. You will just have… — Pope Paul III Copy Share Image
I think we fought Vietnam for the benefits of civilization, and certainly we fought it to oppose authority. To show our authority,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
