Quotes of: Authority-figures Keyword

An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.

T.S. Eliot

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

The difference between authorized and unauthorized biographies is the difference between riding in carriage or squatting in steerage.

Kitty Kelley

People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.

Kitty Kelley

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost.

Kim Young-sam

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

Lloyd Alexander

God is all powerful. God is mighty. God is has power over all rulers and authorities.

Laillah Gifty Akita

Authors: The only people you thank for leaving you emotionally devastated.

Love The Stacks Bookstore

My go-to author for knowing it all is Evelyn Waugh. 'A Handful of Dust' is as perfect as a book can get.

Laurie Graham

Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.

Laurence J. Peter

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority.

Matthew Green

If you think someone committed a crime, you should turn them in to whomever you perceive authority to be.

Marcia Gay Harden

Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.

Milan Kundera

You have the power to turn your negatives into positives. - Author Mahogany Law

Mahogany Law

The ashes of the past drift away on the winds of the future. ~ Ryan Mark, Author

Ryan Mark

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

Manuel Puig

The Baby Name book can be a very dangerous tool in the hands of a prolific author.

Michelle M. Pillow

Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.

Mickey Spillane

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

Norman Douglas

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

Charles de Secondat