Famous Quotes & Sayings

Louise Arbour

The Chinese authorities indicated that they want to ratify the covenant as early as possible.

The case has been deferred till May 2006 while there are ongoing discussions between the Civil Aviation Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration into the matter.

The finance committee has been given authority to determine what to do as far as do we tap the reserves or make uniform proportionate cuts. We are looking at tapping the reserve as part of a possible solution.

The Commission should be welcomed for acknowledging a problem with their food safety authority, but it needs to go further.

The concept is to be able to help the Palestinian people, to be able to help the Palestinian Authority during this transition period.

Keith Waterhouse

A consultation process is what some authority sets in motion preparatory to doing what it intended all along.

the elegance, power and authority to make it a valuable contribution to the scholarship of this country.

The entire case, what this has always been about, is authority, ... Pfc. England's blind compliance toward authority and her lack of authority in any context.

Ryan Holmes

The growing role of enterprise social media, plus the growing budgets and authority of CMOs entrusted with choosing the best platforms, translates into an exciting future for apps that harness social potential for large companies.

The impervious cover question somehow brings out the challenge to our water quality authority.

The impulse to form independent authorities is profoundly undemocratic.

Jacques Maritain

Power without authority is tyranny.

John C. Maxwell

I want to always be viewed by my readers as a friend and not as an authority or an expert.

The judicial authorities are imposing a grim ordeal on three journalists under pressure from the governor of an unstable state. The Nigerian press is still in the grip of harsh legislation, a brutal police force and authoritarian governors. On this New Year's Eve, we call for their release and we reiterate our commitment to the independent press and, in particular, to the three Port Harcourt prisoners who are exposed to dangerous challenges.

The court must ensure a fair and open process, and authorities need to substantiate their case. So far, the handling of this case has been alarming. It's unacceptable that Hussein was held without charge or due process for so long.

The focus in Singapore has always been on keeping competitiveness in the economy and the Singaporean authorities have been task-masters in doing exactly that.

We are cooperating fully and extensively with the authorities on this matter.

The board cannot be expected to surrender its authority to another branch of government; there is a fundamental issue of separation of powers here.

Nothing ruins a perfectly pleasant trip like a position of authority.

Ayelet Waldman

No author loves the idea of not choosing his or her characters' names, ... Mommy Track Mystery.

No author can be as moral as his work and no preacher as pious as his sermons.

The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a suspect might think. Instead, they treat the reader as an intelligent friend, and describe the book as honestly, and as entertainingly, as possible.

Joan Chen

The author wrote the novella based on her friend. So it was a true story, ... When I was reading the novella -- she wrote it in such a visual, well-textured way, that I saw in it a poignantly beautiful film. And that is how my generation in China came of age.

Patrick Manning

The author presents a different way of looking at movies through the lens of color. She explains through examples from many different movies the power of reds, the corruption of some greens, and the melancholy of blues. Movies cited include The Wizard of Oz, The English Patient, Chinatown and many more.

Viktor Yushchenko

The authorities ... used the talks to cheat,

These people are comfortable with authority from above,

It should release detainees it has no legal authority to hold. It should provide trials to detainees believed to have committed crimes and it should investigate and prosecute US officials responsible for the torture of detainees.

You think you can circumvent our authority and our powers. You can't.

It's sort of like an unlimited buffet but you have to limit yourself. What the trade show allows you to do is compress meeting with sales reps and authors into a couple of days.

It is therefore high time that we learned from past mistakes and used our considerable moral authority on the question of nuclear disarmament for the greater good of international peace and stability, rather than simply protecting at any cost an increasingly dangerous actor on the international stage.

Rick Riordan

It's wonderful being an author and having so many kids enjoying my books. That's always been my dream job, and I feel very lucky to be able to do it.

I view this as a step up. I feel I have more authority, more responsibility, more power with the Orioles. If I thought it was a lateral move, I wouldn't be coming down there.

I try to make everyone in authority aware of the problem here, but I guess no one is going to take us seriously until a child is attacked.