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But there is something to be said for having one individual who is responsible entirely for the capital commitment. And it's not WWE; it's Vince McMahon and his company, Alpha Entertainment. It's not like I have to go to a board of directors. Vince makes the decisions on what he wants to do, and that makes my life easier.
— Oliver Luck
I got a lot of respect for my OGs, so when they ask me to do something, I do it.
— Stephen Jackson
A law is a law, and it has to be respected.
— Eli Yishai
I believe young people need rules. They will respond to discipline.
— David Starkey
I don't want to talk politics, but what I do say is I believe in rules and laws, and if you come to this country, you've got to abide by the rules here.
— Mo Farah
His power is accessible.
— Peter Scazzero
These men were not selected by a jury of fellow artists, but appointed by the sovereign and electing choice of God.
— Philip Graham Ryken
A Creed,3 or Rule of Faith,4 or Symbol,5 is a confession of faith for public use, or a form of words setting forth with authority certain articles of belief, which are regarded by the framers as necessary for salvation, or at least for the well-being of the Christian Church.
— Philip Schaff
Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love.
— Philip Yancey
People would much rather argue their own visions and conceptions about a book than engage in a dialogue with the author, because the author could always trump you with, 'I wrote it.'
— Chris Claremont
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is of no more authority than any other uninspired volume, how is it that the book is what it is?
— JC Ryle
And so the impulses of nature are what give authenticity to life, not obeying rules come from a supernatural authority, that's the sense of the Grail.
— Joseph Campbell