Famous Quotes & Sayings

Scott Turow

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book.

EPA does not have authority to pay MRC for money owed by Asarco.

Environmental groups today are accusing the Bush administration of massively abusing its executive authority by working with its energy supporters in order to subvert and undermine our major environmental laws.

Nick Hornby

English authors are very content to write for a very small audience, and I think that shows.

Matt Blunt

Federal authorities that have seen this site have said this is a model. This should be a national model.

Best Buy's authority in consumer electronics, our deep product assortments and outstanding store experience continue to make the difference with customers.

Robert A. Heinlein

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.

Jerry Spinelli

Even including myself, my favorite author is Eileen Spinelli, who I happen to live with. She's a terrific writer and has written several of my all-time favorites.

Benjamin had like a quiet presence, but a presence that gave you a sense of authority and of being in control,

Cory Doctorow

Blogs encourage their authors to publish in small, partially formed chunks,

Every Liquor License Authority item, I have to step down.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

Every festival is new, and everyone has gotten better. We've been able to do a better job of connecting students with wonderful authors from all over.

Michel Faber

One of the things my success as an author has forced me to face is how dysfunctional... Maybe that's a strong word, but how obsessive I am.

In open-source in general, the power lies in connecting the author of the software directly to users, eliminating the middleman.

Pankaj Mishra

As the spiritual leader of six million people, the Dalai Lama can be credited with a significant renunciation of the authority of tradition - of the conventional politics of national self-interest as well as of religion.

Paul Schneider

If I ever stop acting, I'd like to be the author of that decision.

Paul Broun

I think the federal government should be doing only what the Constitution says it should be. We don't have authority under the federal Constitution to have a big federal criminal justice system.

This sounds like the way to go. If there is a new way to extract value from a book, then the author and the publisher should share in this income.

Sathya Baba

Those who have faith in the Veda and its authority can personally experience this.

We should have the funds authorized within the next couple of weeks, and then we will sign the contracts with United Water and the township.

Adam Smith

We think most publishers and authors will choose to participate in the publisher program in order to introduce their work to countless readers around the world. But we know that not everyone agrees, and we want to do our best to respect their views too. So now, any and all copyright holders . . . can tell us which books they'd prefer that we not scan if we find them in a library.

The United States has lost control of their budget at a time when racking up deficits has been authorized without any control (from Congress),

I still don't like authority exercised without reason. But they laugh at you at Cambridge if you say that sort of thing. For them, the law is a system of rules not that different from mathematics.

Michael A. Stackpole

I sell a lot of ebooks from my website and encourage authors to set up their own stores.

I sincerely feel that the present structure and lines of authority grant me what I need in regards to accomplishing my mission. The secretary and deputy secretary always have their door open to me, and we've had many of discussions.

Molly Antopol

I've been religiously reading the O. Henry Prize anthologies every year since college, when I first began trying to write stories. Many of the authors whose work I cherish the most were people I first learned about through The O. Henry Prize Stories - and then I'd go search for their books.

Nick Hornby

I've been very lucky with all my adaptations - they were made by intelligent people who liked the books, and I know that not all authors feel this way.

Peter DeFazio

It would have given him authority to do anything he wanted, anytime, anywhere.

Norman Cousins

The way a book is read which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.

What authority does the United States have to gesticulate and make improper comments about China's defensive national defense policy and measures? ... China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition.

What authority does a court clerk have to collect more than the fine that is owed? Essentially, that's what they're doing.

We were planning to do it, and he said that was a good idea, and I think we will move forward to cooperate with him, ... He is in favor of giving the Iraqis authority as quickly as it can be done.