Famous Quotes & Sayings

The problem is, who do they report to? No one knows, ... It seems there is no one who has authority over all these people coming down from all over the United States.

Rodrigo Rato

Those are the three main elements in which we're working with Iraqi authorities,

Khalil Greene

I was trying to swing the bat with some authority, and not be overly defensive.

I was very hands-on with the Ports Authority because we had a lot of issues with them, ... Our big issues were funding of the new bridge in Charleston, whether to expand in Charleston. Port issues were front and center during our administration.

I was extremely fascinated by Casey Stengel. He was really such an intelligent guy, displaying an American wit, typical of one from the Midwest and the great author Mark Twain. I have always had a great curiosity, and I wanted to dig until I found what made this man who and what he was. I found that he was an incredibly funny guy with tremendous observational powers. Some people loved him and others hated him.

Chevy Stevens

It feels wonderful to get praise from other authors who I admire, but with each new book, my confidence is always the thing I struggle with the most until I start getting positive feedback from readers.

It feels so real, so honest. The author knew these people. Their stories unfold naturally.

Christopher Nolan

I studied English Literature. I wasn't a very good student, but one thing I did get from it, while I was making films at the same time with the college film society, was that I started thinking about the narrative freedoms that authors had enjoyed for centuries and it seemed to me that filmmakers should enjoy those freedoms as well.

Larry Alexander

We do not have and never have had the authority to force people to leave their homes.

Dan Bartlett

We do have the legal authority to do what we are doing. We have the necessity to do what we are doing.

Joe Meno

Whether you work with a small or corporate press, the important thing is to have realistic expectations in terms of sales, promotion, and the work you have to do as an author promoting your novel.

George Washington

Without a humble imitation of the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, we can never hope to be a happy nation.

We received a threat but I can't elaborate. We turned the plane around and notified the proper authorities.

Well (expletive). Colley doesn't have the authority to call out the national guard. Only the governor does. This kind of (expletive) has been going on all day.

Alice McDermott

Those of us who know the transporting wonder of a reading life know that it little matters where we are when we talk about books or meet authors or bemoan the state of publishing because when we read, we are always inside, sheltered in that interior room, that clean, well-lighted, timeless place that is the written word.

Tom Ridge

unify people, priorities and programs under a single line of authority.

John Walton

Unfortunately, the truth is the reason they may have taken this position because they really can't lose. Even if they lose the case altogether, people who have heard of the case will be picking up their book. And one of the authors already has a new book coming out.

Rodman Philbrick

Unfortunately, the author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.

You didn't call about her wrists. You didn't call about your wife running off. You never called authorities.

Robert Johnson

We don't have the authority under law to reform CAFE standards for passenger vehicles. We need Congress to give us the authority to do passenger cars.

I will not nullify, I will not secede, but I will under sovereign State authority fight in the Union another revolutionary conflict for civil liberty, and a Union which will defend it.

Henning Mankell

I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the sensation of being able to turn words into stories. It was a miracle.

Tobin being here full time is good ? you want someone with authority on site. That will make decision-making a lot faster.

Plus, the response from Sept. 11 was a lot different. You had (government officials) out there with a sense of control and authority, despite what we saw in 'Fahrenheit 9-11.' Here, the complete lack of authority immediately becomes the type of stuff that comedians are great at doing.

One thing I have noticed is that when you're a younger editor, you're more intense about it. As you go along, you relax a little. More and more, I feel that the book is the author's. You give the author your thoughts, and it's up to him or her to decide what to do.

James Carafano

Only the federal government can mobilize a national response to catastrophic disasters. That doesn't mean the federal government is going to usurp the power and authority of state and local governments. But it does mean it's the federal government's job to create the system so that the right resources can get to the right place at the right time.

One of the biggest differences between you and a traditionally published author is that a self-pubbed author is responsible for everything. Not just writing the book - but cover design, editing, producing, distribution, and publicity as well.

Michael Chertoff

because our constitutional system really places the primary authority in each state with the governor.

Bede Griffiths

I had made a god of my own reason... Even if theoretically I now acknowledged the authority of God and the Church, in practice I was still the ruler and the judge. I was the centre of my own existence, and my isolation from the rest of the world was due to the fact that I had deliberately shut myself up within the barriers of my own will and reason.

Mark Twain

I have been an author for 22 years and an ass for 55

Spencer Abraham

I have authorized these negotiations in response to the physical disruption of offshore oil production and imports in the Gulf Region caused by Hurricane Ivan's destruction,

Andy Roddick

I felt like I needed to (get more aggressive), ... I need to make these guys scared of my forehand, and that's what I tried to do today. I tried to serve with a little bit more authority and ended up hitting my second serves great.

Denis MacShane

I find it hard to believe France does not want to bolster the authority of the United Nations... but the United Nations must solve this problem, not just put it off.