Quotes of: Moral-authority Keyword

The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.

Louis Leakey

Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.

Malcolm Cowley

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language.

Max Frisch

I think, to be a successful author, you've got to be part recluse and part show-off.

Morris Gleitzman

The Hamas organization is unwilling to honor the obligations that the Palestinian Authority has signed.

Moshe Katsav

I think that most manufacturing and mining should be under the purview of state authorities.

Rand Paul

ALL EXCUSES must be FOUGHT by taking ACTION against the THOUGHT. ~ Author Mammy Oaklee

Mammy Oaklee

The calling of an author is more than just to entertain, but also to share ones experiences with the world.

M.J. Stoddard

The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.

Mary Wollstonecraft

The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.

Orson Pratt

It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation to baptize in his name.

Orson Pratt

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.

D. H. Lawrence

But the longer I'm in the business, you see a lot of times these screenplays have been rewritten 5 times and you're not really offending an author.

Edward Burns

What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped in a lake, go down not with a whimper but a splash.

Lauren Myracle

As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own!

Melissa de la Cruz

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read.

Sinclair Lewis

The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.

David Sedaris

I think it's always good to read local authors or relevant books. In Egypt, I studied hieroglyphics and read everything about the mummies.

Jane Birkin

Let us hope that good authors who are bad Christians will find salvation through the books they write.

Julien Green

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.

Thornton Wilder