In other words, when you have someone [like Ridley Scott] with that authority, then you tend to be left alone. But they… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
The United States has never prioritized or failed to pay any obligation when due during a debt limit impasse. Despite the institutional… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
The word of God has provided nine explanatory designations of the heavenly beings... the first group is forever around God and is… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mom was my English teacher in high school. So to be able to bend the rules and be the class clown… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
What good does it do me, after all, if an ever-watchful authority keeps an eye out to ensure that my pleasures will… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
In Madison's famous formulation in the Federalist, constitutional restrictions on government assume that we "first enable the government to control the governed."… — Stephen Holmes Copy Share Image
Many people confuse authority and the power of efficiency, as if the first role of people with responsibility is to take decisions,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods,… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“But then she reminded herself that there were plenty of people who were afraid of the police, even if they had clear… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I must follow my Lord. No matter what. I must renew my allegiance every morning. It is His voice I must listen… — Stu Weber Copy Share Image
The idea of a hell that involves some kind of eternal punishment at the hands of a just and holy God is… — John Gerstner Copy Share Image
Transcendentalism is, we might say, an early form of anarchism. The Transcendentalists also did not call themselves anarchists, but there are anarchist… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
For myself, I am interested in science and in philosophy only because I want to learn something about the riddle of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church… — Pope Gregory XVI Copy Share Image
The security of the Nation is not at the ramparts alone, Security also lies in the value of our free institutions. A… — Murray Gurfein Copy Share Image
The working masses of men and women, they and they alone, are responsible for everything that takes place, the good things and… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“We know from accounts of Rilke's life that his stay in Rodin's workshops taught him how modern sculpture had advanced to the… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“Don't be scared by the word authority. Believing things on authority only means believing them because you've been told them by someone… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“It is therefore easy to see why Authority frowns on Friendship. Every real Friendship is a sort of secession, even a rebellion.… — Clive Staples Lewis Copy Share Image
For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
To make sense of bossiness, we need to tease apart two fundamental aspects of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power… — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
Our agency, given us through the plan of our Father, is the great alternative to Satan's plan of force. With this sublime… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“You are to make up your mind whether it is to be God or man. Whether you are to be free or… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
It seems fair to say that while the moral standards of the nineteenth century persisted almost unchanged into the twentieth, moral practices… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
There certainly are situations where I feel not empowered or uninspired. Particularly when the person's agenda is to intimidate through abusing their… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Some readers may find it a curious or even unscientific endeavour to craft a criminological model of organised abuse based on the… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
I regard the state of which I am a citizen as a public utility, like the organization that supplies me with water,… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
“If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among them, as they… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Mars and Venus and Jupiter, all of the handiwork of God was now placed in the authority of the God of the… — Creflo A. Dollar Copy Share Image
Free thought means fearless thought. It is not deterred by legal penalties, nor by spiritual consequences. Dissent from the Bible does not… — George Holyoake Copy Share Image
The importance of immobility and silence to photographic authority, the nonfilmic nature of this authority, leads me to some remarks on the… — Christian Metz Copy Share Image
I am often tempted to think of success in terms that are defined by others: records sold, popularity gained, album reviews, etc.… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I define democracy as control by the people. Slaves are those who allow others to control their lives. Insofar as people succeed… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
“We have already seen that when positive authority suggests a change in behavior, the recipient will accept it provided he is capable… — Milton Rokeach Copy Share Image
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Although one never really knows what one's associates think of one deep down, I believe I was easy to work with, even… — Guy de Rothschild Copy Share Image
![“In other words, when you have someone [like Ridley Scott] with that authority, then you tend to be left alone. But they were good and they're really good people, and I'm a big champion of the BBC and I think that like minds find each other and I think that FX and BBC is a perfect match.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/38f/steven-knight-2205_authority_in-other-words-when-you-have-someone-lik_940142.jpg)
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