Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Howard

His authority has disappeared virtually to vanishing point. He is in office but not in power.

highly significant statement from someone of his authority and stature within republicanism.

By what lawful authority do you bring me to trial?

By turning to and leaning on authority figures around her,

Dan Gelber

By the majority resolution, we will be disenfranchising every voter who went to the polls in the state of Florida. This does nothing but jeopardize the process... and (we) declare ourselves the paramount authority just as the United States Supreme Court considers these very same issues.

Jerry Brown

Before we turn a housing authority back over, we like to make sure it's financially sound, it has a plan and we have done everything we can do to make sure that the tenants are getting what they should be getting.

Mal Peet

I'm working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write.

Sarah Brady

Individuals who are unfamiliar with Florida's roads, traffic regulations and customs, or who speak foreign languages, or look different than Florida residents, may face a higher risk of danger -- because they may be more likely to be perceived as threatening by Floridians, and because they are unaware of Florida's new law that says individual who feel their safety is threatened or their possessions are at risk are legally authorized to use deadly force,

Bill Richardson

I need full authority. I don't care what is holding it up. We just need to get it done -- this is for the national interest. I'm just stating a fact. It's not authorized,

Ron Kind

In America, however, the authority to grant legal status to a marriage has been a function reserved for the states, and different states have different laws regarding issues ranging from blood-testing to waiting periods before marriage.

Fred Thompson

I'm talking about using the authority of your office to encourage them to do the right thing. I would call on you to do, as you've done before, and call on an independent counsel yourself,

Marco Rubio

I'm theologically in line with the Roman Catholic Church. I believe in the authority of the church, but I also have tremendous respect for my brothers and sisters in other Christian faiths.

J. Taylor

I'm the president, and there was no contractual arrangement to do that. I never authorized it.

I'm hoping that the public and the system will learn how unprepared the City of New York and the Port Authority were on that day.

I'm a science fiction author at heart, and what I like about the Cthulhu Mythos setting is that, at its core, it is horror science fiction. I can take ideas from modern theoretical science, manipulate them in truly bizarre and weird ways, and remain true to the Cthulhu Mythos vision.

Ruth Kelly

If there hasn't been significant progress after a year, then the local authority and the school ought to consider a more radical option.

William Keeler

If there's any kind of wrongdoing, it should be reported immediately to authorities and it should be dealt with promptly. That certainly is what we look for as we have come through a learning process that has been constructive and painful.

If the Palestinian Authority cannot impose law and order in the most basic manner that is required to have a functioning civil society, how do they expect to establish a Palestinian state living peacefully side by side with Israel?

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I rejoice in the fact that Christ is not dead but risen from the grave! He lives and has returned to the earth to restore His authority and gospel to man. He has given us the perfect example of the kind of men and women we should be.

Oprah Winfrey

I love the printed word and have always appreciated the unique connection between author and reader. This magazine provides a different way for people to be informed and inspired.

William Shakespeare

I'll neverBe such a gosling to obey instinct, but standAs if a man were author of himselfAnd knew no other kin.

I'll tell you - there's no author that wants to give his mother an e-book of his new book. I think he wants to present her with - or she - wants to present her with something beautiful that he or she created.

I know one writer who has been subscribing authors without their permission and sending out what she thinks are helpful advice sheets, but they come off as if she's a know-it-all. She thinks she's marketing herself and her work. All she's really doing is turning readers off.

I know dozens of authors who have had a lot of books published by New York, and they won't ever take another Big 6 contract since they've gotten a taste of the freedom, control, and money self-publishing offers.

Julie Kenner

I know authors shouldn't play favorites with books, but 'Release Me' really is right up there for me. The characters truly came alive on the page and drove the story as much as I did from behind the scenes. It was a pleasure to write, and I'm so thrilled that it's the first of a trilogy because I get to spend more time with the characters.

I have to emphasize - and this is important - that they have not been in default of any obligation that they have to the authority from either a financial or construction perspective. Until that changes, nothing further is required by the authority. You can't punish someone in anticipation of them doing something inappropriate.

Eric Schaeffer

I have to write from my experience. If I wasn't a member of the club, I don't think it would be as funny, or that I would feel as authorized to look at it with humor.

He's showing that you don't need formal authority. You can have moral authority and be a player - not positional authority, but moral authority? In many ways, it's a personal crisis like that which drives you to a position of moral authority.

Stacy Schiff

How does a woman in authority convey that authority? Is it possible for a woman to rule without sounding shrill? Is it possible for a woman to manage without manipulating? All of these things seem to me to be very much at the fore today, and were no less the case 2,000 years ago.

Housing authorities have never been more broke. Funds for public housing were not keeping pace with demand, even before Katrina.

Janet Reno

I don't think I had the authority to go the other way.

Patrick Fitzgerald

It is our understanding that Mr. Libby testified that he was authorized to disclose information about the NIE to the press by his superiors.

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