Famous quotes containing the words public and/or authority:
“I do not like to “interest” the public with myself.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“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)