#author

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#certainly #doubt #engine #leave #lodged

The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, and report illegal immigrants who commit crimes to federal authorities. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#authority #commit #crimes #criminal #criminal justice

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#exact #great #life #negative #novel

The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America. ↗

— John McCain

#authors #bill #crosses #desk #famous

Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#certainly #diverse #find #game #life

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

#attempt #authority #constantly #make #remains

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#autobiographical #becomes #fiction #talent #true

An author departs, he does not die. ↗

— Dinah Maria Mulock

#departs #die #does

A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#fortunate #his #lifetime #maybe #novels

I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#bonus #had #i #likeable #men