While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them. — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
Yes, I direct commercials as well. I get these really weird offers and then I have to bid on them and win… — Andy Dick Copy Share Image
For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all… — Jonathan Mayhew Copy Share Image
We all have a tendency to want order in our lives. But order presupposes authority, and authority presupposes, sooner or later, that… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
In some ways, calm bodily protest has a nakedness to it that may be deeply embarrassing for observers; an act not unlike… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
But when we reduce sex to a function, we also invoke the idea of dysfunction. We are no longer talking about the… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
Because God says that he raises up and places all people in places of authority, it is God who raises up a… — Paula White Copy Share Image
When comprehending how different people truly are, you also comprehend the absolute necessity of some divine authority. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The federal government began investigating allegations of fraud against the Coalition Provisional Authority, a U.S. contractor accused in a bid-rigging operation involving… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
“The ultimate authority of my life is not the Bible; it is not confined between the covers of a book. It is… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“As Ernest Becker observes in The Denial of Death, the very thought of disobeying authority appears to awaken the anxiety connected with… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
Engage with the Bible. Meditate on it day and night. Think and rethink about God's Word. Let it be your guide. Make… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
In matters of philosophy and science authority has ever been the great opponent of truth. A despotic calm is usually the triumph… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
People ask what gives me the authority to give advice? I say, First of all, I don't give advice. Dr Phil gives… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
I don't value authority. I don't value the systems. I don't value patriarchal religion. I don't value the things that diminish you… — Susan Powter Copy Share Image
I call that church free which enters into the covenant with the ultimate source of existence. It binds together families and generations,… — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
Our senior officers knew the war was going badly. Yet they bowed to groupthink pressure and kept up pretenses. ...Many of my… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We have disciplinary authority and will use it when appropriate. — William Hedgcock Webster Copy Share Image
My library is my kingdom, and here I try to make my rule absolute-shutting off this single nook from wife, daughter and… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Ravel said. “And I order people around really well. This morning, Tipstaff came over with a cup of tea and I told… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and Down with Authority her war-cry. — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
In science men have learned consciously to subordinate themselves to a common purpose without losing the individuality of their achievements. Each one… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
Our Father in Heaven loves all of His children and desires that they know and understand His plan of happiness. Therefore, He… — Carol F. McConkie Copy Share Image
The Bible is not considered an accurate, absolute, authoritative, or authoritarian source but a book to be experienced and one experience can… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
In Texas a high school student was arrested for bringing what authorities thought was a bomb to school but turned out to… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me because others convince you of my words. Don't believe anything you see, read,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding. — William Maxwell Copy Share Image
Anyone who takes responsibility for getting something done is welcome to ask for the authority to do it. — Seth Copy Share Image
Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjected himself to the laws of… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
from the beginning of my sojourn in this world there was a persistent vacancy in me where the industry ought to be.… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Our role as artist is more controversial now because there are those, claiming the absolute authority of religion, who detest much of… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but,… — Plato Copy Share Image
Liberalism is really piecemeal socialism, and socialism always attacks three basic social institutions: religion, the family, and private property. Religion, because it… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
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