Authority Quotes - page 60

I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies is 'All the President's Men.' Woodward and Bernstein, those guys were my heroes. I have a degree in journalism. (Chris Carter)
I've been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It's something I'm apparently hung up about and now that I am old, hopefully I speak about it with some authority. View quote
Loudon Wainwright III
The Virginians are said to pride themselves upon the peculiar tenderness with which they visit the sceptre of authority on their African vassals. View quote
Frances Wright
Authority must be respected and chosen wisely. View quote
Lech Wałęsa
Next time somebody tells you something that sounds important, think to yourself: 'Is this the kind of thing that people probably know because of evidence? Or is it the kind of thing that people only believe because of tradition, authority or revelation?' And, next time somebody tells you that something is true, why not say to them: 'What kind of evidence is there for that? View quote
Richard Dawkins
If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists. View quote
Richard Dawkins
We've broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise. View quote
Mitchell Baker
Especially if you don't have a job that's providing fulfillment in your technical expertise, there is a lot of reward to working on a very smart and demanding community that will respect you and will give you leadership and authority based on what you do. View quote
Mitchell Baker
Sharpe knew himself to be a tough man, but he had always thought of himself as a reasonable one, yet now, in the mirror of William's nervousness, he saw himself as something far worse; a bullying man who would use the small authority of his rank to frighten men. In fact, the very kind of officer Sharpe had most hated when he himself was under their embittered authority. View quote
Bernard Cornwell
Any officer given the money to buy promotion and lucky enough to possess relations who could put him in the way of advancement was bound to rise, but even the less fortunate men who resented Wellesley's privileges were forced to admit that the young Colonel had a natural and chilling authority, and maybe, some thought, even a talent for soldiering. He was certainly dedicated enough to his chosen trade if that was any sign of talent. View quote
Bernard Cornwell
Chase was easy in command and that ease did not diminish his authority, but simply made the men work harder. [...] Sharpe watched Chase for he reckoned he had still a lot to learn about the subtle business of leading men. He saw that the Captain did not secure his authority by recourse to punishment, but rather by expecting high standards and rewarding them. He also hid his doubts. (Bernard Cornwell)
As poets we do not ask permission before we begin to practise, for there is no authority to license us. We do not inquire whether it is still possible to pen a drama, for the answer to that question is ours alone to give. It is our drama, spoken or sung, that asserts our right to the title of poet. It is our decision that counts, and not the opinion of some theatre management, or the ponderings of the critic, or even the advice of our friendliest mentors. View quote
James Fenton
I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes. View quote
Grace Jones
The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime. View quote
Tom Robbins
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable. View quote
Tom Robbins
What you need is sustained outrage... there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority. View quote
Molly Ivins
No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of any written authority. View quote
Ernestine Rose
Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception. View quote
Brandon Sanderson
It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have no authority over you. These maniacs have no authority over us. And they might be able to put our bodies in prison, but they can't put our spirits in prison. View quote
Cindy Sheehan
This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of divine authority, a blasphemy - if there were anyone to be blasphemed - blacker and more insolent than any word ever written or penned by the most hotheaded Freethinker. View quote
Annie Besant
We were an ill-matched pair, my husband and I, from the very outset; he, with very high ideas of a husband's authority and a wife's submission, holding strongly to the 'master-in-my-own-house theory,' thinking much of the details of home arrangements, precise, methodical, easily angered and with difficulty appeased. (Annie Besant)
I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults. View quote
Jack Kevorkian
Part of the definition of guerrilla decontextualization is the attempt to intentionally misrepresent an individual's character or intentions for purpose of decreasing any measure of influence or authority they might possess in either public or private circles. Hence: the popularity of such a technique among battling politicians. View quote
Aberjhani
While the church believes in witchcraft, it is in a greatly modified form. The evil spirits are not as plenty as in former times, and more phenomena are accounted for by natural means. Just to the extent that belief has been lost in spirits, just to that extent the church has lost its power and authority. View quote
Robert G. Ingersoll
What is blasphemy in one country would be a religious exhortation in another. It is owing to where you are and who is in authority. View quote
Robert G. Ingersoll