Authority Quotes · Page 41

I have been advised by the best medical authority, at my age, not to attempt to give up alcohol.

— W. C. Fields

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

— Alan Arkin

There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority.

— Pratibha Patil

When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.

— Laozi

I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.

— Jurgen Klinsmann

I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.

— Laura Jane Grace

“With discipline, you can lose weight, you can excel in work, you can win the war.”

— Amit Kalantri

I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else.

— Marilyn French

We can expect the climate crisis industry to grow increasingly shrill, and increasingly hostile toward anyone who questions their authority.

— Kenneth P. Green

Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held'…

— Lysander Spooner

“Knowledge and education in the hands of one who claims no higher accountability or authority than one’s own individuality is power in…

— Ravi Zacharias

“Just as Napoleon was the sole authority in the state, so the husband and father was to exercise authority over his family.…

— J. Christopher Herold

In this connection, faith and experience teach us many truths by means of the short-cut of authority and by the proofs of…

— Nicolas Malebranche

Most players have a basic shot with which they do most of their scoring. Mine is the hook shot and I suppose…

— George Mikan

Novels should be judged rigorously. Either a book works or it doesn't. The fact that something is true in the real world…

— Akhil Sharma

The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between…

— Anonymous

If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society.…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Everyone in Iran is perceived to be a child with a paternal authority vested in the Guardian Council and the Sufi elders.…

— Christopher Hitchens

Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is…

— Phil Jackson

The Magna Carta is an early reminder of the crucial difference between freedom and liberty. Liberty is freedom that is unique to…

— Manu Joseph

The fact that you have a policy of such consequence directly affecting millions of people and you have a legal question of…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in…

— Paul the Apostle

I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or…

— Thomas Jefferson

There is no independence of law against National Socialism. Say to yourselves at every decision which you make: "How would the Führer…

— Hans Frank

Spiritual growth requires the development of inner knowing and inner authority. It requires the heart, not the intellect.

— Gary Zukav

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of…

— Mikhail Bakunin

We know, on the authority of Moses, that longer than six thousand years the world did not exist.

— Martin Luther

Listen to authority figures because of their position, but only believe them if they can explain why.

— Tucker Max

“When your authority comes straight from God, shit always turns ugly.”

— Matthew Stover

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.

— Arthur Keith

I want to tell the vice president and everybody else that when I'm president there will be a controlling legal authority.

— John McCain

“Obligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force.”

— Ashim Shanker

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.

— Mikhail Bakunin

Being assertive means you are communicating your mind with authority.

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

Anyone at any age is able to tell the story of his or her life with authority.

— E. L. Doctorow

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

— Hannah Arendt

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

— Miguel de Unamuno

There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority.

— Joel Edgerton

In the eyes of authority - and maybe rightly so - nothing looks more like a terrorist than the ordinary man.

— Giorgio Agamben

The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.

— Martin Luther