#author

Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#authoritarian #broad #come #democracies #fragile

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#author #authors #how #many #means

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them. ↗

— John Selden

#books #may #name #others #own

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#author #bad #citing #good #i

There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises. ↗

— Jonathan Shapiro

#balances #certain #checks #disturbing #government

I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury. ↗

— William Shatner

#authors #classic #enjoyed #i #isaac

I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#accuse #alone #am #appear #appendage

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#authority #citizen #governing #institution #must

In practice, the copyright system does a bad job of supporting authors, aside from the most popular ones. Other authors' principal interest is to be better known, so sharing their work benefits them as well as readers. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#authors #bad #benefits #better #copyright

There is no there there. ↗

— Gertrude Stein