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Authority Quotes (page 9)

Martha Beck quote: "People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are..."
People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. Martha Beck
Herbert Read quote: "I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been..."
I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority. Herbert Read
Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker. Mikhail Bakunin
Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather than by his agent or promoter. Paul Bailey
Well, I think In Love and War, which had a wonderful performance by Sandy, Sandra Bullock, who the authorities and, the supposed authorities, in cinema didn't want to know about. Richard Attenborough
The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses. Isabel Allende
There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Mahmoud Abbas quote: "We have one authority and one law and everyone has the..."
We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority. Mahmoud Abbas
It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that of a man who drops a rose petal down the Grand Canyon of Arizona and listens for the echo. P. G. Wodehouse
Umberto Eco quote: "The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not..."
The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text. Umberto Eco
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man. Anne Bronte
Samuel Johnson quote: "I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing..."
I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. Samuel Johnson
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated. It needs men who feel free and independent, not subject to any authority or principle or conscience-- yet willing to be commanded, to do what is expected of them, to fit into the social machine without friction; who can be guided without force, led without leaders, prompted without aim-- except the one to... Erich Fromm
The author squares man's depravity with still being made in the image of God with this word picture. A vase that has held beautiful roses though now broken, will nevertheless hold something of the fragrance it once contained. Aiden Wilson Tozer
Mark Twain quote: "Conformity—the natural instinct to passively yield to that..."
Conformity—the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority. Mark Twain

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