#thor

It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#authority #bench #comes #congress #consent

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#blinkers #character #groove #life #most

Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a number of authors I would be eager to illustrate. ↗

— John Howe

#away #before #eager #i #ideas

As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for them and reach them at the right moment. They are made of living material and continue to cast light through the darkness long after the death of their authors. ↗

— Miguel Serrano

#books #death

Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization. ↗

— L. Ron Hubbard

#clarify #definitely #me #organization #very

In other words, the Church acknowledges Science as the higher authority. ↗

— Wilhelm Ostwald

#church #higher #in other words #other #science

The Homeland Security department doesn't have tasking authority in the intelligence community. They can ask for stuff, but they can't direct anything except inside their bureau. ↗

— David Hunt

#ask #authority #bureau #community #department

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#advance #authority #every #great #involved

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#authority #court #experiment #observation #ultimate

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#acknowledge #authority #blind #blind faith #duties