Quotes of: Author Keyword

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government; for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law.

Lysander Spooner

When you're an author, you're always two people. Jasper the writer is different from Jasper the person at home.

Jasper Fforde

Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.

Mickey Spillane

In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied the mind of the author, should lie in abeyance.

Thomas Sydenham

I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God.

Steven Curtis Chapman

Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little.

Amy Chua

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.

Andre Gide

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.

Mo Yan

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.

John Winthrop

The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins.

Russell Baker

Amazon can't be all good or all bad. I don't think that everything they do is evil; they've given a lot of authors access.

Scott Turow

Polling only works in a country without a depressed, frightened populace. Where the public trusts authorities enough to tell them the truth without fear of retribution.

Rick Perlstein

If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists.

Richard Dawkins

The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.

Joyce Meyer

I really believe we read differently when we know even the most banal facts of an author's life.

Anne Michaels

It's hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it's impossible to have that debate.

Al Franken

It's impossible to live in peace with your inner-self without appointing integrity as the author of your daily decisions and actions.

Edmond Mbiaka

A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.

Frank A. Clark

Madam: If you discover any more comets, can you not wait until they are announced by the proper authorities?

George Phillips Bond

Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads.

Cornelia Funke

An actor's job is about putting across the author's intention; I don't think of myself on the same level as a creator.

Jane Asher