Famous quotes containing the words authority and/or play:
“When the nature of the thing is incomprehensible, I can acquiesce in the Scripture: but when the signification of words is incomprehensible, I cannot acquiesce in the authority of a Schoolman.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)
“I will play the swan,
And die in music.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)