Famous Quotes & Sayings

A good author possesses not only his own intellect, but also that of his friends.

And states like Virginia have authorized the construction of these gigantic, mega-landfills,

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 judges have full authority to exercise discretion. That's why they're there.

David Mitchell

Depending on how far he goes with his recommendations this could have a big impact on how politics is managed and how government exercises its authority in the decades to come,

Michael Williams

Denying reimbursement to the city of Tyler, while difficult, was the right thing to do under law because the commission has no authority that has not been given to it by the Texas Legislature. We must correctly interpret the law.

Kevin O'Connor

Any decent person, using their common sense would know they no longer have the authority to be in a homicide scene.

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.

SCEPTER, n. A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.

Pyle is considered the author of Robin Hood.

Publishers were ever eager for authors to do their own publicity because nobody else was willing to do it for nothing. But then it became clear that if you want somebody to champion the story, there's nobody better than the person who made it all up.

Daniel Wallace

Publishers have always had a hard time selling and marketing the single, short-form work. Amazon.com has created a new way for authors to get that kind of work out there, which is incredibly exciting.

Rian Johnson

Ray Bradbury was the first author that I was really exposed to back in grade school. I'm a big Philip K. Dick fan, but the emotion and humanity that Bradbury brings to his stories and the way he uses sci-fi to get at the human heart is something that's unique and for me incredibly influential.

Rather than provide for meaningful protections to ensure that large cable and telecommunications companies don't use their network ownership to impede competition, the bill strips the Federal Communications Commission of its authority to establish meaningful rules to protect consumers from these discriminatory practices.

Opponents have long complained that Congress had not authorized commercial development of offshore wind energy. Now it has.

Samuel Johnson

Of the innumerable authors whose performances are thus treasured up in magnificent obscurity (in a library), most are forgotten, because they never deserved to be remembered

Pablo Picasso

Often while reading a book one feels that the author would have preferred to paint rather than write; one can sense the pleasure he derives from describing a landscape or a person, as if he were painting what he is saying, because deep in his heart he would have preferred to use brushes and colors.

Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority.

The MRA takes the heat for everything that happens in the watershed, ... But they have no enforcement authority or responsibility.

Advertisers are already watching where people go on sites and now they're trying to get details of what is actually bought. Companies holding personal profiles should be required by law to handle the information with extreme care and only use it for the primary authorized purpose.

Silvio Berlusconi

A formula for reform must be found capable of overcoming such embarrassment and a positive way of leading this institution to greater strength, to greater authority for resolving international problems and international crises must be found,

Lynn Coady

The one thing I've always done as an author is talk to my publicists. Because they have all the best stories - and they have all the dirt on other, more famous and important writers. They're not supposed to talk about it, but sometimes you can get awesome little tidbits from them.