Quotes of: Author Keyword

An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all are not able to write books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.

The Monk

...I tell myself it does not matter what one reads--favorite authors, particular themes--as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea.

Matilda

Noting the lack of crime or security in the Netherlands, the author asked a native who guarded a national landmark. He got the replay, "We all do.

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

people in new york are authorized by convention to snoop around and mentally measure and pass comment on any real estate they're invited to step into.

Netherland

The essence in obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself as an instrument for carrying out another person's wishes and he therefore no longer regards himself as responsible for his actions.

Obedience to Authority

She lied to me today," Archie said. "A teenager?" Susan said with faux surprise. "Lying to an authority figure? Impossible.

Kill You Twice

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

Keith Richards: In His Own Words

Reading the Bible will help you get to know the word, but it’s when you put it down and live your life that you get to know the author.

Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Morals; the pathetic answer to authority Seen two gorillas sharing a banana?

LITTLE BLACK PIECES OF DYNAMITE INSIDE MY SKULL

Another person's thoughts about you are outside of your jurisdiction; you have no authority.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Thou art my father, thou my author, thou my being gav'st me; whom should I obey but thee, whom follow?

Paradise Lost

It is a duty of every citizen to pray for those who are authority and the nation; so that each one of us may live a peaceful and quiet lives in sacredness.

Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

Yet the same thing happens to the notions of morality. They are devised, at the start, as measures of expediency, and then given divine sanction in order to lend them authority.

The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

Do you think ladies’ eyebrows can communicate as well?” she asked. “No, they don’t have sufficient thicketry,” he said with authority. “Thicketry?” “Yes, that is the official term.

The Perfect Rake

A man of peace is guided by peace, but when that peace is threatened, he has a choice to either kneel down and die silently as it falls into chaos, or fight for it and not look back. ~ Ryan Mark, Author

Tremor

I’m up for the Julius Caesar Author of the Year Award this year. I’m tremendously proud, considering Caesar is the guy who burned down the Library of Alexandria.

This Book Has No Title

If your salvation was dependent on your ability to read and understand scripture, Jesus would have been an author.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.

When Did You See Her Last?

Success needs no authorization, yet failure requires permission.

From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"

When you grow up to be an author and write books, you'll think you're making the books up, but they'll all really be true, somewhere.

Witch Week