President Obama is perhaps the most ideologically-motivated president in American history. But according to the ultimate authority, Barack Obama, he’s a mere pragmatist. – Ben Shapiro
I like writing flawed women, and being one, it’s something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority. – Callie Khouri
The State Film Authority will be there for film as industry only, as is the case in all the other states, except Victoria. Victoria is moving more now into supporting non-commercial films. – Ann Macbeth
Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country. – Chief Joseph
The laws only can determine the punishment of crimes, and the authority of making penal laws can only reside with the legislator, who represents the whole society united by the social compact. – Cesare Beccaria
Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case. – Ben Goldacre
I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not. – Bob Graham
Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John. – Alfred Noyes
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. – Anne Bradstreet
I tend to have this perverse reaction to authority and stress: I become more confident and clear when a challenge is enormous. – Cate Blanchett
It won’t be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves. – Adnan Pachachi
I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority. – Michael Baden
The Palestinian Authority is ruled by Hamas, an organization committed to vehement anti-Semitism, the glorification of terror, and the total destruction of Israel. – Ehud Olmert
Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller. – Federica Montseny
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual’s own reason and critical analysis. – Dalai Lama
It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. – Galileo Galilei
It’s very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice. – Eleanor Catton
Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle – ancient or modern – must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them. – Norman Lamm
We have seen a degradation from the highest levels of authority politically in this nation, including through the department of justice, for the rule of law. – Matt Bevin