Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find delegate authority and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off the belief it inspires is what counts.

At home in Ireland there's a habit of avoidance an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life the secret of eloquence and of virtue and of all moral authority.

To be free in an age like ours one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.