Authority Quote by Raymond Chandler

“The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with…

— Raymond Chandler

“A good critic knows that he or she can be wrong, as does a good writer.”

— Andy Merton

A critic knows more than the author he criticizes, or just as much, or at least somewhat less.

— Henry Edward Manning

When a critic knows what she or he is looking at and writes revealingly about it, it's sublime.

— Charles Saatchi

Being anthropologically respectful of all faiths means being committed to none, and being left to drift without an anchor for one's most deeply held…

— Simon Critchley

“If thou be powerful, make thyself to be honoured for knowledge and for gentleness. Speak with authority, that is, not as if following injunctions,…

— Ptahhotep

I had decided I wanted to write about food, and I knew the only way to do that is to speak with authority, which…

— Gail Simmons

Those are always fun characters to play, the ones who are stupid but speak with authority.

— Alan Tudyk

Certainly, when you have shoulder pads on that go up to your ears, you hold yourself a certain way. You speak with authority when…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

I don't know where it's come from, but after many years of many different products, I feel like I can speak as an authority…

— June Diane Raphael

“You have to experience it, in order to speak about it with authority. Joseph Wambaugh says it with an air of that same authenticity,…

— Joseph Wambaugh

I can't speak with authority about Emeka Anyaoku. I just didn't know him that well.

— Bob Hawke