Authority Quotes

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.

I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.

Judge not according to the orthodox standard of a system religious, philosophical, political, but according as things promote, or fail to promote the delicacy, integrity, and authority of Conscience.

Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.

Public circulation is what renders something a quotation. It's quotable because it's been quoted, and its having been quoted gives it authority.

This imperiousness which aids us in all things is merely a fitting authority which comes from superior spirit.

Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.

...mediocre people find their way into positions of authority...because when it comes to even the most important positions, our selection decisions are a good deal less rational than we think.

Arabs and their allies are conducting a total war against Israel. A total war means a war of lies. The PA [Palestinian Authority] promotes lies; lying in Islam is permitted.

If certain facilities, local facilities have to be arranged, the local authorities have to come. And that makes the Indian system slow moving, Indian administrative system slow moving.

Messy love is better than none, I guess. I am no authority on sane living.

All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority.

I taught Sunday School for two years. And I got fired. I abused my authority. I used to teach class like this, "OK, if one more person talks, everybody is going to Hell."

[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men.

I think thats the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.

I really rebel against authority.

You can become anything you want to be ... It's a matter of authority. Whatever a man's confidence, that's his capacity.

When one begins the transformative process, death and birth are imminent: the death of custom as authority, the birth of the self.

The thing I respond to the most is just great writing, interesting characters. I like to think that there is something fun about playing a character that has a lot of authority in her own life.

We don't name God; God reveals His name to us. We don't have the right to exercise authority over God. God copyrights, He trademarks, He patents His name.

There is a crisis of religious authority world wide, and there are many reasons. One is colonialism.

Let's give the president some due here. They had a mess, and he fixed it, and they mobilized a lot of authority, and they did it.

We know, on the authority of Moses, that longer than six thousand years the world did not exist.

He who hears this name [God] from a Jew must inform the authorities, or else throw sow dung at him when he sees him and chase him away.

Many psychotherapists believe laziness is usually just the symptom. That the real problem is fear of failure, fear of success, or fear of authority.

To lead means to direct and to exact, and no man dares do either - he might be unpopular. What authority we are given now is a trinity: the grin, the generality, and God (the Word).

Authority is conferred by position, not character.

I don't want to say that having power is overrated, but powerlessness can give rise to a different kind of authority, and that's the kind of authority that writes books.

Nothing should be considered outside the scope of God's authority.

When teachers or people in authority put me down or in one way or another tried to make me feel less than equal to what they thought I should be - my mother was on my side. It was amazing.

Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.

I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority.

When I started teaching in the late 60s, in a time of student revolutions and changes, they changed in question of society and authority.

All authority comes from the people.

The President sends us a billion-page paper that shows how he would spend the money if he were spending the money. He doesn't have the authority to spend the money. He doesn't spend $1 of the money.

I think it's appropriate that we simplify, clarify and strengthen, so instead of this nebulousness, we have clarity and authority invested in teachers once more.

What you allow you encourage.

And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?

Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.

Laws are maintained in credit, not because they are essentially just, but because they are laws. It is the mystical foundation of their authority; they have none other.

The pressure to conform to an authority figure or peer group can cause people to behave in shocking ways.

Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government.

To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority.

True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all.

True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.

The authority of example and considerations of character, unlike pudding, are not whipped up in an instant.

In 1600, when Shakespeares audience at the Globe heard Hamlet for the first time, every one of them knew very well what it meant to be handed a cup of wine by a figure of authority and told to drink.

The price of maintaining membership in the establishment is unquestioning acceptance of authority.

As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup.

I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it.