Famous Quotes & Sayings

I view this as a step up. I feel I have more authority, more responsibility, more power with the Orioles. If I thought it was a lateral move, I wouldn't be coming down there.

I try to make everyone in authority aware of the problem here, but I guess no one is going to take us seriously until a child is attacked.

Lindsay Davenport

(It) took me about the middle of the first set till I really felt like I was hitting the ball with more authority and moving forward,

It took cutting through a lot of red tape to get the permission to build from the local authorities. There was no land available for building the village.

William Russell

It takes a lot of time, energy and focus for the Housing Authority to be its own developer.

Ariel Sharon

The (U.S.) government knew all the details, ... It was known to them that the Palestinian Authority paid millions of dollars. Payments of this nature are authorized only by Yasser Arafat.

They are not violating any obscenity law; they are not illegal. They fall under the authority of the State Liquor Control Board, which can suspend their license if they violate the law.

John Dryden

They who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men

They have seized the initiative and are putting pressure on the authorities.

They look like they're running a system which has neither law nor order, neither organization nor authority.

It should release detainees it has no legal authority to hold. It should provide trials to detainees believed to have committed crimes and it should investigate and prosecute US officials responsible for the torture of detainees.

Vince Lombardi

Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

It's not unusual. We have no authority to hold them if they can make the bail.

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.

Jonathan Lethem

I'm a serial deconstructor of my own authority in certain areas.

Pindar

Convention is the ruler of all.

Peter Kropotkin

Where there is authority, there is no freedom.

Oscar Wilde

Authority is quite degrading.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

I cannot stand authority.

R. C. Sproul

The Bible alone is the only authority that can bind the conscience of a person absolutely because it is the only authority that carries with it the intrinsic authority of God Himself.

Nelson Mandela

The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.

Oscar Wilde

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

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,

There is tremendous pressure on India and Pakistan from the international community to resolve the dispute, ... I can tell you with authority that the Kashmir issue is heading towards a resolution.

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,

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.