#authority

"If ever you feel like an animal among men, be a lion."

"Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts."

"You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it."

"To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it."

"I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven."

"Never let haters 'still' your flow. They can only do so with your permission."

"The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom."

"Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it."

"Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish."

"I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards."

"The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest."