(1711 quotes found)
“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
Albert Einstein
“To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.”
“When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.”
Matt Groening
“Authority is quite degrading”
Oscar Wilde
“Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts”
Voltaire
“The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but because they put what they have to say as if it had never been said before”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”
Mark Twain
“Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.”
Henry Steele Commager
“As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.”
Carl Van Vechten
“Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory”
Leonardo da Vinci
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