Authority Quotes

2019 Authority quotes by 1321 unique authors

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 when you do… — Susan Powter
It's an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States... I'm free to thwart and torment the authorities - that… — Benjamin Spock
At Murry Bergtraum High I wanted to be as different from my father as possible. So I acted out in school, I was very anti-authority. — John Leguizamo
I'm completely taken and impressed by the planning authority of Singapore and its Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It's the most cutting-edge agency in the world.… — Moshe Safdie
There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to… — Stellan Skarsgard
I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were… — Stuart Symington
We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America.… — George Tenet
In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I was the only… — Rod Taylor
Gym class was, of course, where the strongest, best-looking kids were made captains and chose us spazzes last. More important, it was where the figures… — Ayelet Waldman
That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the… — Walter Jon Williams
As one might expect, authoritarianism will at times cause children and students to adopt rebellious positions, defiant of any limit, discipline, or authority. But it… — Paulo Freire
... there are moments in which the teacher, as the authority talks to the learners, says what must be done, establishes limits without which the… — Paulo Freire
No one can learn tolerance in a climate of irresponsibility, which does not produce democracy. The act of tolerating requires a climate in which limits… — Paulo Freire
The word of God is definitely above culture, in terms of what or who should have authority in our lives. However, we must remember that… — Steve Scott
It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so… — Vance Havner
Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is… — Criss Jami
What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God! — Vance Havner
...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point… — Criss Jami
I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I… — Mike Love
The State Film Authority will be there for film as industry only, as is the case in all the other states, except Victoria. Victoria is… — Ann Macbeth
Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them. — Robert Metcalfe
I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people. — V.S. Naipaul
Aside from sending someone to war or to prison, government s ability to make people involuntarily give over their money is its strongest exercise of… — William Greider
There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot. — Derek Bok
The officers of Congress, may come upon you now, fortified with all the terrors of paramount federal authority. Excisemen taxmen may come in multitudes; for… — Patrick Henry

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