Quotes of: Authority-figures Keyword

The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper.

Mike Greenberg

As an author, I've never forgotten how to daydream.

Neil Gaiman

When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.

Sherman Alexie

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.

Byron Dorgan

There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.

Marquis de Sade

The study of literature threatens to become a kind of paleontology of failure, and criticism a supercilious psychoanalysis of authors.

John Updike

Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.

Wang Jianlin

Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking.

Chuck Palahniuk

Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.

Elizabeth I

Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.

Donald Norman

Ordinary men are given the authority of the priesthood. Worthiness and willingness - not experience, expertise, or education - are the qualifications for priesthood ordination.

David A. Bednar

I was brought up to question authority, and thank God for that.

Pink

I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.

Jimmy Wales

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

Joseph Addison

You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world.

Jeff Bezos

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.

Chief Joseph

There's something to be said for an author who clearly respects a reader.

Jami Attenberg

Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible.

Bart D. Ehrman

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.

Benjamin Franklin

At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.

George S. Kaufman