Authority Quote by Hugh Lofting Download Open image “I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.” — Hugh Lofting ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authority Children Claims Writing
It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don't want… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
I never wrote for children. I wrote with respect for the audience, which I've maintained all my life. Doesn't mean I couldn't be risque,… — Chespirito Copy Share Image
I never witness a performance of child-acrobats, or the exhibition of any forced talent, physical or mental, on the part of children, without protesting,… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
I am an author-illustrator of children's books - and yet - I must confess I don't do the books for the kids. When I'm… — Bill Peet Copy Share Image
“Was it the Twilight of Magic? Perhaps. But only today's. Magic could never die while the sun had the power to rise again and… — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
“Then Jip went up to the front of the ship and smelt the wind; and he started muttering to himself, "Tar; Spanish onions; kerosene… — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way. — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
There has always been a tendency to classify children almost as a distinct species. — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
“I suppose once you've been accused of being a witch, you're never really safe. People may blame all sorts of accidents and misfortunes on… — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
“Money," he said, "is a terrible nuisance. But it's nice not to have to worry.” — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
“(S)ome people you will always have about you whom you can trust, and no man these days can boast of more than that. Remember… — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
“What is war?' I asked. Oh, it's a messy, stupid business,' he said, 'Two sides wave flags and beat drums and shoot one another… — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
If I had my way... there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it.… — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor. — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
“I'm of the age and immaturity level that I cannot give you my respect solely because you are older or ranked higher on an… — Erica Goros Copy Share Image
In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
