Authoritative Quotes
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It is one of the paradoxes of journalism: The more servile a reporter is toward his sources, the more authoritative he can appear in print.
andrew ferguson— "Scotty: All the news that's fit to schmooze," The Weekly Standard (2003-02-24)
The New Testament was not produced as a single work issued by an authoritative Church for the instruction of its members. The four Gospels were composed in different times and places over perhaps a third of a century, and for a time circulated separately among a number of other narratives of our Lord's life (of which the newly discovered fragment of an unknown gospel may have been one).
frederic g. kenyon— Chapter X, The Position Today, p. 133
In a general way, a major goal of the propagandist is to seek some kind of authoritative backing for the belief he or she is propagating.
randal marlin— Chapter Three, Propaganda Technique, p. 99
Only what coronation is in an earthly way, baptism is in a heavenly way; God's authoritative declaration in material form of a spiritual reality.
frederick william robertson— P. 21. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
I will go upon the rock, boys, and look abroad for the savages," said Ishmael shortly after, advancing towards them wit a mien which he intended should be conciliating, at the same time that it was authoritative. "If there is nothing to fear, we will go out on the plain; the day is too good to be lost in words, like women in the towns wrangling over their tea and sugared cakes.
james fenimore cooper— The Prairie (1827)
How long shall we blunder along without the aid of unpartisan and authoritative scientific assistance in the administration of justice, no one knows; but all fair persons not conventionalized by provincial legal habits of mind ought, I should think, unite to effect some change.
learned hand— Parke, Davis & Co. v. H. K. Mulford Co. (1911).
As Christianity in its beginnings was surrounded by the polytheistic beliefs and practices of the pagan world, a clear and authoritative expression of Monotheism was necessary. Hence the symbols of faith, or creeds, open with the words: "I [we] believe in God"...(APOSTLES' CREED; ATHANASIAN CREED:;; NICENE CREED.)
— page 501 of The Catholic Encyclopedia published in 1913.
Rain drenched streets, dreamy youth smoking joints, their enigmatic fascination with rock music, literature, the authoritative Khasis and their antagonism against Dkhars (non-Khasis), snacking on peppered boiled potatoes soaked in tamarind water, and the wanting to break free attitude, all of it and more is part of a picturesque narration that makes the reader fall in love with Shillong.
Anjum Hasan— Of Shillong, lunacy and life, The Times of India, by Arunima Mazumdar (11 July 2013)
The Puranas are authoritative scriptures of the Hindu dharma. Like the “ Sruti ” (the audible word), the “ Smriti ” (the divine word remembered) is an authoritative scripture though not of the same order.
— Sri Aurobindo, in Sri Aurobindo Writings in Bengali Translated into English
How long shall we blunder along without the aid of unpartisan and authoritative scientific assistance in the administration of justice, no one knows; but all fair persons not conventionalized by provincial legal habits of mind ought, I should think, unite to effect some change.
learned hand— Learned Hand, Parke, Davis & Co. v. H. K. Mulford Co. (1911).
Over the years of sovereign development your country has achieved impressive results in social-economic, industrial and scientific spheres. Today India as an authoritative member of world community plays an important role in UN, SCO, BRICS, other global and regional structures.
— Vladimir Putin (Russian President) on India's 66th Independence Day [1]
