Quotes of: Author Keyword

Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want.

James Hetfield

I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.

Tycho Brahe

After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year.

Robert Benchley

What SF author or fan isn't interested in human space travel? I've yet to meet one.

Edward M. Lerner

My disposition as a human being is kind of a go-along-to-get-along person. I tend to trust authority.

Chris Hayes

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

John Adams

The problems of rebellious youth can be traced to homes where the mother disobeyed the father or showed lack of respect for his authority.

Helen Andelin

It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.

Galileo Galilei

I was definitely meant to be a young adult author, and I love it - I'm here to stay!

Simone Elkeles

Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.

Thomas Frank

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Avoid jumping into conclusion! This may cause your idea fractured. Authority will not be responsible!

Abhijit Kar Gupta

'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

Antony Jay

One of the chief values reading history, this is the author, is its capacity to "provoke renegade thoughts".

Andrew Roberts

I'll be on my third honeymoon, so I'm more of an authority than I care to be.

Alan Thicke

What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.

Brendan Behan

I used to always read with a pen in my hand, as if the author and I were in a conversation.

Tara Bray Smith

The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.

Umberto Eco

An autobiography is inherently incomplete unless the last page is written on the eve of the author's demise.

Life

As an actress you can participate, you can be a co-author, help the director. But I always wanted to be able to make the big decisions.

Valeria Golino