Authoritative Quotes

57 Authoritative quotes by 51 unique authors

As soon as we cease to pry about at random, we shall come to rely upon accredited bodies of authoritative dogma; and as soon as… — Learned Hand
It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians… — Marcia Angell
How do you convince someone they're not thinking clearly, when they're not thinking clearly? What we're actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no higher… — Phil Plait
Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and light. — Ken Macrorie
The epithets of parent and child have been long applied to Great Britain and her colonies, [but] we rarely see anything from your side of… — George Mason
It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative. — Brian Lamb
For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God. — Kevin DeYoung
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation,… — J M Coetzee
Should a priest reject relativity because it contains no authoritative exposition on the doctrine of the Trinity? Once you realize that the Bible does not… — Georges Lemaitre
Conservative political opinion in America cleaves to the tradition of the judge as passive interpreter, believing that his absolute loyalty to authoritative law is the… — Learned Hand
There are two kinds of liberalism. A liberalism which is always, subterraneously authoritative and paternalistic, on the side of one's good conscience. And then there… — Roland Barthes
The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of that common social… — Anna Garlin Spencer
Writers don't always know what they mean - that's why they write. Their work stands in for them. On the page, the reader meets the… — John Lahr
Just like Tim Robbins is very political - and obviously, Arnold Schwarzenegger must be - I want to be able to have this public personality… — Christy Carlson Romano
Many Americans feel themselves inferior in the presence of anyone with an English accent, which is why an English accent has become fashionable in television… — Edwin Newman
One of my proudest achievements is that when an authoritative book about Hungarian literature came out about a decade ago, there was a little article… — Tibor Fischer
No other person's ideas, and none of my own ideas, are as authoritative as my experience. — Carl Rogers
I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for… — Dee Dee Myers
As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our… — Nursultan Nazarbayev
Policemen and security guards wear hats with a peak that comes down low over their eyes. Apparently this is for psychological reasons. Eyebrows are very… — Banksy
We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. If… — Junot Diaz
Faith is the door to the full inner life of the Church, a life which includes not only access to an authoritative teaching but above… — Thomas Merton
The Bible is authoritative on everything of which it speaks. Moreover, it speaks of everything. — Cornelius Van Til
Unlike with the majority of library books, when you enter a term into a search engine there is no guarantee that what you will find… — Howard Rheingold
The moment seemed right to me for a full and, if possible, authoritative portrait of the life and character of the Prince of Wales. — Jonathan Dimbleby

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