Quotes of: Moral-authority Keyword

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge,fitter to bruise than polish." [ ]

Anne Bradstreet

One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me?

Alain de Botton

Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food.

Alain de Botton

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.

Albert Einstein

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.

Anthony Horowitz

Even the most honest human in authority often does not have the power to undo the damages that bad people do.

Auliq Ice

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.

Arthur Keith

My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.

Andrej Pejic

Authorities arrest me, release me, and then invite me back to host public events. I think it's interesting.

Alain Robert

they say that girls are the ones who want fairy tail endings, but then again, who are the authors of fairy tales? mostly men...

Alina Radoi

Originality, not Intelligence, is the sign of a brilliant Author. All the Education in the world won't help someone who can't think for themselves.

A.M. Sawyer

The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand.

Brooks Adams

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

Benjamin Disraeli

We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people.

Chen Shui-bian

Author: A person who's best friends are imaginary,and who's most exciting adventures take place on the written page.

Theodore Volgoff

In 1968 the Arts Council managed to get a grant from the treasury to buy up a lot of derelict touring theatres and put them back in the hands of the local authorities.

Timothy West

where oh where, in what cemetery of the heavens do the tender words of lovers rest when they love no more? (Searching for author)

Love

Every novel is an attempt to capture time, to weave something solid out of air. The author knows it is an impossible task - that is why he keeps on trying.

Life

My reason for being an author? Because I love to write - it fulfills me. But the fact that I entertain others by doing it is a lovely bonus.

Love

If truth be told, I came away ‘almost’ believing in their existence. (Author Nikki B. on 'ORPHANS - Time is running out' by Ian Dewar)

Life

And now, I have another good reason to speed up my baby narratives to make my author's profile appear more respectable.

Life