Famous Quotes & Sayings

What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

Gary Hamel

I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who didn't really see themselves as innovators. They were glorified journalists.

We leave to the proper authorities the prosecution of those who would be found liable for the Ultra stampede as well as the implementation of the corrective measures to prevent a repeat of this tragedy, based on the recommendations of the fact-finding board.

Jane Birkin

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

Though I am the author of this system, one should know that I do nothing and I am eternal.

James Inhofe

Those who seek to criticize this legislation under the guise of environmental concerns have it backwards as the use of the authority is specifically to protect public health,

We are working around the clock with the Iraqi authorities and foreign missions to win the release of all the hostages.

Jeff Kinney

When I was growing up, my house was filled with books. My mother was an educator, and my father was a history buff, so our home was a virtual library, covering every author from Beverly Cleary to James Michener.

Javier Solana

We will continue to support the Palestinian Authority until the new government is formed and on that we are trying to find the necessary resources.

Arthur Phillips

When a character bears the same name as the author it's just an invitation to have some fun.

We would have no regulatory authority over anything other than native wildlife. This would throw our whole wildlife-integrity plan into chaos.

Ron Wyden

We want to give the department real teeth to protect the public. This would give the federal government meaningful authority.

Charles Powell

We don't really know who the intellectual author was.

To hold the Port Authority twice as liable as the terrorists for the 1993 bombing stands logic, rationality and reason on its head.

With his extensive experience, knowledge of the toy business and strong industry relationships, we are confident that Greg will deliver dynamic marketing campaigns for Toys 'R' Us that will reinforce the company's position as the toy authority and create a more compelling shopping experience for our customers.

What we also saw today was that some of the kids who have been struggling offensively are starting to come around. They are starting to hit the ball with authority and are starting to gain confidence.

Jeff Sessions

We've put our treasure and our moral authority and the lives of our soldiers to this effort. A lot of Americans wish we'd never been there and it hadn't cost so much ... but that's not the question.

What gives us the authority to second guess their decisions? We can't decide after the fact that we can grab that authority for ourselves.

Kevin Bleyer

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Mikhail Baryshnikov

I cannot stand authority.

Laisenia Qarase

For them to set up a self-proclaimed government would be a direct challenge to the executive authority of the president,

R. C. Sproul

The Bible alone is the only authority that can bind the conscience of a person absolutely because it is the only authority that carries with it the intrinsic authority of God Himself.

Nelson Mandela

The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.

I cannot and do not understand how we can go forward unless we know that we're going to be able to do our job, ... unless we are seen by others to have the necessary authority to make the decisions.

Michael Gartner

I can speak with authority on any subject in 13 paragraphs,

I do know that some MPs give authority to another MP to put their name on such a motion. But I can't think of any member who would do so in this instance. I will look into the matter. That's the best I can do and I will continue watching Big Brother in my spare time.

Dimitri Simes

Color revolutions succeed when the authorities are not only authoritarian but also lack self-confidence ... Until President Lukashenko loses popularity in Belarus, I don't think his regime will have any serious problems.

He also calls on the Government of Lebanon to extend its authority over all of its territory in accordance with Security Council resolutions.

Opponents have long complained that Congress had not authorized commercial development of offshore wind energy. Now it has.

Samuel Johnson

Of the innumerable authors whose performances are thus treasured up in magnificent obscurity (in a library), most are forgotten, because they never deserved to be remembered

Pablo Picasso

Often while reading a book one feels that the author would have preferred to paint rather than write; one can sense the pleasure he derives from describing a landscape or a person, as if he were painting what he is saying, because deep in his heart he would have preferred to use brushes and colors.

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