Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Carl Rogers

Experience is the highest authority.

Carl Rogers

Experience is, for me, the highest authority.

The assumptions made by some of the authors were not based on the best data, or were just a little bit too convenient, and had a strong impact on the results.

Scott Wilson

That's the other job of our elected officials. You've got to get them authorized and you've got to get them appropriated.

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

Sol Campbell

It is now being dealt with by the authorities.

Jack Evans

It is not possible for the city to spend more than $535 million because the council has authorized the city to borrow that,

Frank Dobson

It is one of the growing products of the fact the Prime Minister is going and his authority isn't as strong as it used to be.

It is important that local and national authorities within other countries in the region remain vigilant for possible outbreaks of suspected avian influenza in poultry and other birds. It is vital that all instances of multiple bird deaths are reported to authorities and investigated promptly.

Dan White

It does create some administrative matters for the election authority in setting up these booths and getting staffing for them.

Eddie O'Sullivan

It's great that we're authors of our own destiny in this championship.

It's great news. She reaches writers in a way that few others have been able to. Her recommendations were incredibly powerful, and she elevated authors whom the greater public had largely not known of.

Patricia Cornwell

It's criminal if successful authors don't support literacy. I challenge them all to write a check.

that's one of the reasons the Development Authority was off track so far. You didn't know what they were doing.

That includes all passengers, vehicles, trains and trucks and excludes all other commercial vehicles that are only authorized by the Minister of Interior,

Stephen Harper

This government has lost the moral authority to run this country because it has been named in a judicial inquiry on corruption.

Francois Bayrou

This gives a real idea of the toughness of the society we live in, so the authorities should fulfil the undertakings it has made.

Sathya Baba

This day, the Government has no authority to reform the people; and the people have no authority the reform the Government.

This document suggests that Task Force 6-26 was part of a larger, clandestine program that we think may have links with high-ranking officials, because obviously someone high up had the authority to put this program in place.

Buy other authors' books when you go to their events. Even if you aren't going to read it. Even if you are going to give it away. Even if you aren't interested. Not just for the author but for the bookstore. It's karma and just plain good manners.

Anything that we are able legally and morally to share with a prosecutor or authority of any country, we will be more than willing to do that,

Anything in a paragraph marked 'secret' needs to be deemed secret, and revealing it to someone without proper security clearance or without a need to know is not authorized and is a violation.

Anthony Marra

A novel can enlarge the empathy and imagination of both its author and its reader, and my experience, that sense of enlargement is most intense when I'm transported beyond the narrow limits of my daily life.

As far as I'm concerned the guy was crooked as a snake. Wyatt Earp was a deputy U.S. marshal at the time of the shootout. Virgil was a deputy U.S. marshal, and the chief of police...Morgan had been authorized as a constable...Wyatt Earp had warrants for these characters, and the sheriff had warrants for Wyatt Earp. So it was crazy the way things were done.

As consumers and as clients become more familiar with these offerings, you're going to see less in the unauthorized secondary marketplace, and you're going to see more transactions taking place in the authorized marketplace.

As authority is transferred back to an Iraqi administration in mid-2004, the reconstruction of vital oil installations will provide jobs, skills and technology to the Iraq people.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker, so an unsuccessful author turns critic

As a foreign minister, I have to respect the authority to look after the best interest of the child is, as always, in my country like in India, with the parents and the family. But in extreme cases, the situation is open for the child protection authority to intervene.

As a concept, I support a downtown arena, ... Unlike the last deal, this one should be totally financed by the sports authority and venue users unless the city will be receiving a meaningful piece of the revenue stream.

George W. Bush

As a mark of respect for the memory of Rosa Parks, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, that on the day of her interment, the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff,

Joe Meno

As an author on a corporate press, you have a lot less control over the finished product. I figure if I spend a couple years writing something, I want to be able to decide what the cover looks like and how it's going to be presented.

The Broadband Development Authority needs to fulfill its fiduciary responsibilities.