A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which… — Catherine Crowe Copy Share Image
Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
I find myself using Spanish words much more now that I'm older, and I guess I have the authority to do it… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I'm pretty sure that wasn't Oscar's first time getting harassed or held-up by authorities. And over time you start to feel some… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
The Anarchists never have claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results are vastly preferable to those that… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
We know that Seattle is mentioned frequently ... a computer was found in Afghanistan showing pictures of Seattle-area landmarks. So we are… — Greg Nickels Copy Share Image
MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
We are here for the purpose of redeeming and regenerating the earth on which we live, and God has placed his authority… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
A child who passes through many hands in turn, can never be well brought up. At every change he makes a secret… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
So to me, what the drugs and addiction are saying is that I deserve to feel good, I'm allowed to take this… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One can't found a novel theology on Nothing, and nothing is so secure a foundation as a contradiction. Look at the great… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Although a person acting under authority performs actions that seem to violate standards of conscience, it would not be true to say… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
I feel that within the Mormon culture there is a tremendous amount of fear - of women's voices, of questioning of authority,… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Some lawyers and judges may have forgotten it, but the purpose of the court system is to produce justice, not slavish obedience… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
The Government Securities Act gave the Treasury Department some rulemaking authority over all government securities brokers and dealers. But the act also… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Anarchism, to me, means not only the denial of authority, not only a new economy, but a revision of the principles of… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
China may censor YouTube. China may censor Twitter. They won't be able to censor Bitcoin. There's no central authority. There's no one… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share Image
Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty. — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
“One is God himself, [but] for how long does that authority of God last? As long as he speaks the truth, practices… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
We don't name God; God reveals His name to us. We don't have the right to exercise authority over God. God copyrights,… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
For 50 years - that is, for most of my adult life - I worked tirelessly for the two-state solution in the… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
The authorities in the United States confiscated private gold holdings in the Depression of the 1930's. They may seek to do so… — James Dale Davidson Copy Share Image
... beauty, like ecstasy, has always been hostile to the commonplace. And the commonplace, under its popular label of the normal,has been… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such… — Arthur Keith Copy Share Image
Just because I've played this character doesn't mean I have any understanding of what Diana was like, at all. Although I'd want… — Emma Corrin 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
“For there is no virtue, the honor and credit for which procures a man more odium than that of justice; and this,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
We need to put people in positions of authority in government, business, law, medicine, media, sports and entertainment who are filled with… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority… — Robert Fisk 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
For new media reactionaries...the problem is technology, the endless distractions of the Internet, the breakdown of authority in an age of blogs… — David L. Ulin Copy Share Image
One of the greatest things in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be.… — Jaime Escalante Copy Share Image
“You are the steer of your God given dreams. By the authority from the Holy Spirit of God, you will able to… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Arbitrary rules teach kids discipline: If every rule made sense, they wouldn't be learning respect for authority, they'd be learning logic. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I won’t tell you how I managed to break in, since I don’t want the authorities figuring out, but let’s just say… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image