Quotes of: Moral-authority Keyword

Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.

Steven Saylor

So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.

William Blackstone

The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America.

John McCain

Why should any man have power over any other man's faith, seeing Christ Himself is the author of it?

George Fox

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?

E. O. Wilson

The Homeland Security department doesn't have tasking authority in the intelligence community. They can ask for stuff, but they can't direct anything except inside their bureau.

David Hunt

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

Bryant H. McGill

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

Laurence Housman

Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of cocktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an ability to find and nurture authors.

John Hodgman

I have always loved story - I escaped within it as a child, I read every day, I love figuring out the complex layers of an author's work.

Kirsten Prout

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Whatever happened after the liberation of Krajina, this was in no way a violation of human rights by Croatian authorities.

Franjo Tudjman

As a passionate writer, reader and fiction lover, I enjoy sharing recommendations and promoting the work of fellow authors.

Carla H. Krueger

It's rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one.

Isaac Marion

All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out without my permission, and I've not seen a dime at this point, either.

Jello Biafra

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. -Jose Bergamin, author (1895-1983)

Jose Bergamin

I am the author of a book called "My Life's Journey" and creator of my destiny.

Debasish Mridha

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?

E.A. Bucchianeri

It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice.

Eleanor Catton

Margaret Atwood was the author who took me out of children's literature and guided me towards adult literature.

Eleanor Catton

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

Edward Gibbon