Authority Quote by Pindar Download Open image “Convention is the ruler of all.” — Pindar ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authority Conventions Inspirational Rulers
A convention is a social pattern we have chosen to prefer over whatever the raw world simply proffers. It is a sign of the… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
Conventions are like coins, an easy way of dealing with the commerce of relations. — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
Conventions are unstated agreements within a community to abide by a single way of doing things - not because there is any inherent advantage… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
No convention gets to be a convention at all except by grace of a lot of clever and powerful people first inventing it, and… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
There is nothing sacred about convention; there is nothing sacred about primitive passions or whims; but the fact that a convention exists indicates that… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach.” — Pindar Copy Share Image
“Custom is the lord of everything, of mortals and immortals king. High violence it justifies, with hand uplifted plundering.” — Pindar Copy Share Image
May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things. — Pindar Copy Share Image
Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection — Pindar Copy Share Image
“There are indeed many wonders, and with regard to the stories people tell one another, it may be that such tales go beyond the… — Pindar 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
