Famous Quotes & Sayings

Force protection is the job of unit commanders in Bosnia and elsewhere, and they have the authority to take steps that they think are appropriate to match the threat they face.

William Williams

In the imagination, we are from henceforth (so long as you read) locked in a fraternal embrace, the classic caress of author and reader.

Mark Romanek

In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director - especially if he wrote part of the script himself - is clearly more the author of the movie.

Intentionally using the quotes of others without author attribution is plagiarism and contributes to illiteracy.

Richard Holbrooke

in no way infringes on sovereignty (or) authority of countries, but shows the collective will of the Security Council.

INS and, to a large extent, Juan Miguel, would like to see the issue framed differently: Who is legally authorized to speak on behalf of Elian?

In principle, one authority such as EASA is desirable. But this only delivers benefits if the national authorities scale back their activities, and provided that everybody is clear on who is doing what. In that respect there is still some work to be done.

Once the sentencing in this case is complete we are going to look at all the evidence federal authorities have obtained and will release. We will use it to evaluate the handling of this investigation and future investigations.

Felix Frankfurter

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

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.

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.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The older author is constantly rediscovering himself in the more or less fossilized productions of his earlier years.

The most insignificant authors have at least this similarity to the Author of the Heavens and the Earth: that after a days work is done, they have a habit of saying to themselves, "And behold, what he made was good.

Something the Fair Authority is trying to do is (to have) things that are ongoing.

Chad Johnson

Thanks to higher authority, I can't open my mouth, period, all week.

James Baker

Some will argue, as was done in 1990, that going for United Nations authority and not getting it will weaken our case,

Mal Peet

Teen authors love to flirt with taboo, to grapple - sensitively - with dark and frightening issues, and there is nothing darker and more frightening than cancer.

Russell Simmons

Seeing these heroes is inspiring. T.I. has authority.

Graham Taylor

Self assessment, combined with the authority of the Certified Open processes, gives us a light touch/high rigor approach. Even the smallest supplier can compete on level terms. This is very much a scheme where both the public and private sectors jointly benefit from a more open market.

Jonathan Mayhew

Rulers have no authority from God to do mischief

At its core, the legal question is how to balance parents' basic and comprehensive authority over children and the state's right to interfere.

Mark Pryor

As we consider legislation, we must also be careful to ensure that any new regulatory regime reserves sufficient authority to ensure that competitive dynamics in communications markets are maintained,

Gregory Benford

As we all saw in grade school, once you learn how to read a book, somebody is going to want to write one - that's how authors are made. Once we know how to read our own genetic code, someone is going to want to rewrite that 'text,' tinker with traits - play God, some would say.

Stephen Kinzer

As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries.

As written, the voters will not have any authority over decisions like those made by past City Councils to shortchange the pension system.

John Roberts

allows the judge to incorporate his or her own personal preferences, cloak them with the authority of precedent -- because they're finding precedent in foreign law -- and use that to determine the meaning of the Constitution.

Mark Regev

(Abbas) goes by the motto of 'one authority, one law, one security service'. But we don't see him putting this motto into use.

Catherynne M. Valente

It seems like every few years a big name author will holler something about how evil, heinous, and morally wrong fan fiction and fan fiction writers are, and then the Internet gets all upset and shocked, and then the author is shocked that people could get so upset.