(1767 quotes found)
“Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory”
Leonardo da Vinci
“The faith that stands on authority is not faith.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such fantastic tricks before high heaven as make the angels weep”
William Shakespeare
“The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.”
Dalai Lama
“No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.”
Robert A. Heinlein
“You can delegate authority, but not responsibility.”
Stephen W. Comiskey
“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”
Mark Twain
“The anarchists are right in everything; in the negation of the existing order, and in the assertion that, without authority, there could not be worse violence than that of authority under existing conditions. They are mistaken only in thinking that a”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances”
George Bush
