Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against en...emies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you are to defend yourselves or... what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what you ought to say.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin--a la...nguage with which it has precious little in common. In Latin, to take one example, it is not possible to split an infinitive. So in English, the early authorities decided, it should not be possible to split an infinitive either. But there is no reason why we shouldn't, any more than we should forsake instant coffee and air travel because they weren't available to the Romans. Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football. It is a patent absurdity. But once this insane notion became established, grammarians found themselves having to draw up ever more complicated and circular arguments to accommodate the inconsistencies.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Certain anthropologists hold that man, having discovered tools, ceased to evolve biologically. Animals, never having discovered th...em, continue to fashion drills out of their beaks, oars out of their hind feet, wings out of their forefeet, suits of armor out of their hides, levers out of their horns, saws out of their teeth. Whether this be true or not, all authorities agree that man is the tool-using animal. It sets him off from the rest of the animal kingdom as drastically as does speech.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Eyes--the head's chief of police. They watch and make mental notes. A blind person is like a city abandoned by the authorities. On... sad days they cry. In these carefree times they weep only from tender emotions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Fathers are still considered the most important "doers" in our culture, and in most families they are that. Girls see them as the ...family authorities on careers, and so fathers' encouragement and counsel is important to them. When fathers don't take their daughters' achievements and plans seriously, girls sometimes have trouble taking themselves seriously.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of ...belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for c...ause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
How the devil am I to prove to my counsel that I don't know my murderous impulses through C.G. Jung, jealousy through Marcel Prous...t, Spain through Hemingway ... It's true, you need never have read these authorities, you can absorb them through your friends, who also live all their experiences second-hand. What an age!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »