Famous quotes containing the words authority and/or figure:
“And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)
“The mind is a strange and wonderful thing. Im not sure itll ever be able to figure itself out. Everything else, maybe, from the atom to the universe, everything except itself.”
—Daniel Mainwaring (19021977)