Imperial Authority

Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or authority:

    The imperial multiplicatornothing can nonplus:
    My mother Nature is the origin of it all.
    George Barker (b. 1913)

    I am still a learner, not a teacher, feeding somewhat omnivorously, browsing both stalk and leaves; but I shall perhaps be enabled to speak with more precision and authority by and by,—if philosophy and sentiment are not buried under a multitude of details.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)