Famous Quotes & Sayings

Julie Parrish

It's only for those partners who are authorized to sell our enterprise-type products, so this isn't really for the lower-end Windows-based anti-virus and backup type products.

It's the Constitution of the United States. It's the recognized authority both of the national government and of the state governments, creating a dual chain of command.

It's tantamount to devaluation. We'll have to see whether the authorities can keep the devaluation controlled or not.

It's the most expansive vision of the executive power of a president in our lifetime. To suggest that (Congress has) given him a blanket authority to do what he has done is a vast stretch.

Ryan Smith

It's like bouncing my head off the wall. Something has to be done where (authority members) work closer with the people.

It is very seldom that the NTC has used its power and authority to close down radio stations and TV stations, only when the situation calls for it.

Kevin Bleyer

To be sure, the hard-to-come-by interview - the 'get' - isn't an uncommon phenomenon here at 'The Daily Show.' We've had high-profile dignitaries, low-profile indignitaries, stars you've heard of, authors you should have read.

He also calls on the Government of Lebanon to extend its authority over all of its territory in accordance with Security Council resolutions.

Paul Singer

Governments need to be authorized to provide 'open bank assistance.' The convolutions of Dodd-Frank aimed at 'avoiding' this tactic are ludicrous and will prove to be extremely costly to the system.

For the first time since he came to power in 2000, he has a unique chance to impose his authority on rival power centers and emerge as the real ruler of Syria,

Laisenia Qarase

For them to set up a self-proclaimed government would be a direct challenge to the executive authority of the president,

Julia Quinn

I don't think that writing talent has much to do with where one went to school, or the number of degrees on one's business card, but I do get a bit bristly at the implication that romance authors couldn't possibly be smart enough to get into an Ivy League school.

Jane Goldman

I don't tend to be a nitpicker when I'm watching movies, so as long as something is true to the spirit of the original, that's very much what we got for. You try to never do something that the original author wouldn't have done themselves.

Scott Turow

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book.

Maria Semple

I always write authors after I read their books. I've been doing it for years. I write a formal letter and send it to them in care of their agent. My mother always taught us to write thank you notes, and if an author puts themselves out there, they like to hear that their book connected with someone.

I believe in the word of the U.S. authorities. They have expressed themselves clearly in the proper relation. Let's hope that they will find a way to simply convert its words into actions.

Abraham Lincoln

If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

James Gunn

I feel a bit like Ellen Glasgow (I think it was) who said that she was the master and characters did what she said. I'm envious of authors whose characters become so real to them that they take off in their own directions, but my philosophy of teaching, as well as writing, is to demystify the process.

I don't think the state of North Dakota has the authority to collect the tax to begin with. I think they're in violation of our sovereign rights, and of federal law.

However, in the event of a disaster when minutes count, we have the authority to do what it takes to move quickly.

Jeanne Shaheen

However, under New Hampshire law, Secretary Gardner has the authority to set the date of the primary. Secretary Gardner's decision will stand, and we must now focus our efforts on protecting our primary.

However, the Turnpike Authority will certainly work with the administration and the Legislature on any proposals that may benefit the state.

However, China's police authority would not sit by and be apathetic and indifferent to law-violating behaviors or content on the Internet.

Albert Camus

How many crimes committed merely because their authors could not endure being wrong!

I cannot and do not understand how we can go forward unless we know that we're going to be able to do our job, ... unless we are seen by others to have the necessary authority to make the decisions.

Michael Gartner

I can speak with authority on any subject in 13 paragraphs,

I do know that some MPs give authority to another MP to put their name on such a motion. But I can't think of any member who would do so in this instance. I will look into the matter. That's the best I can do and I will continue watching Big Brother in my spare time.

Dimitri Simes

Color revolutions succeed when the authorities are not only authoritarian but also lack self-confidence ... Until President Lukashenko loses popularity in Belarus, I don't think his regime will have any serious problems.

Jacques Barzun

Like Rousseau, whom he resembles even more than he resembles Voltaire , Shaw never gave a social form to his assertiveness, never desired to arrive and to assimilate himself, or wield authority as of right.

Jacques Barzun

For the educated, the authority of science rested on the strictness of its methods; for the mass, it rested on the powers of explanation.

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.

Home rule gave city and county councils the authority to redistrict themselves, but it did not do that for school boards. The delegation, through the General Assembly, is the sole authority for changing school board district lines. A lot of delegations don't even let the school boards look at their plan until it's drawn up and done.

He took the title of senior author but really didn't know what was going on with the data.