1,121 Quotes About Authority

He is an extremely well-liked, well-respected, model inmate in the system by the authorities as well as by the inmates. Some of the inmates have come to sympathize with him because of his special restrictions.

I think so many people tend to think of faith as blind adherence to a dogma or unquestioned surrender to an authority figure, and the result is losing self-respect and losing our own sense of what is true. And I don't think of faith in those terms at all.

Nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion of authority; like too strong liquor for a frail glass

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.

These people are comfortable with authority from above,

I think today gave him a little more confidence. He threw the ball with authority most of the day.

You didn't call about her wrists. You didn't call about your wife running off. You never called authorities.

It's truly unpleasant to see a synagogue burned down, but this destruction was foretold. None of the Cabinet ministers had the illusion that the Palestinian Authority would want, and especially would be able, to save the synagogues from the mob.

People in the community are agonizing and asking, 'What could we have done to prevent this?' ... We've been working very hard over the past four to five years liaising with the authorities . . . with various agencies organizing and supervising youth activities. And still this has happened.