Raise your Koroshi knives to me, as my brothers and I did to our father before we went out to our vocation. Terrorism. Bring Terror to the Earth. Remind them what Gamorra means. Go. With my love. And my hate.
— Kaizen Gamorra, The Authority #1, "The Circle"
Jackson King: Who's going to stop them Jenny?
Jenny Sparks: A higher Authority.
— The Authority #1, "The Circle"
Old Doc: So you walk with a pantheon just as I did.
New Doc: Yes. the Spirit of the 20th century. The Winged Huntress. The Maker. The King of Cities. The Sun King and the Night's Bringer of War. And me, the Shaman. And I have less experience than any of them.
Old Doc: You are the first of us to operate publicly, on a fully global scale.
New Doc: How many of us has there been?
Old Doc: There has always been a Doctor. Earth always needs her Shaman. "Experience" is not important, in the terms in which you frame it. You are The Doctor. Upon my death, the Singularity opened up around you, and you knew everything that all of us knew. And it became your job, as it was mine and all of ours, to change the world. Because magic is nothing but change.
— The Authority #1, "The Circle"
Jenny: Game Over
— Jenny Sparks, The Authority #1, "The Circle"
Apollo: You ready for this Jack?
Jack: Like you wouldn't believe. I've been waiting to punch someone in the brains all goddamn day.
— The Authority #2, "The Circle"
Morning, you murdering scumbags. My name's Jenny Sparks. I'm electricity. I'm a hundred years old and I've never hated anyone as much as you. This is my bloody town you tried to kill. And you're only getting what you deserve.
— Jenny Sparks, The Authority #2, "The Circle"
[To a super powered goon] Let me make this situation clear for you. I know what special abilities you have. I can see the enhancements. I can detect the increased electrical activity in your brain. I know what moves you're preparing to make. I've fought our fight already in my head, in a million different ways. I can hit you without you even seeing me. I'm what soldiers dream of growing into. I'm what children see when they first imagine what death is like. I'm the Midnighter. Put the child down.
— The Midnighter, The Authority #2, "The Circle"
I may not be tough and experienced in hitting people, no — but half of my mind is as old as human life on this planet. I'm the first Shaman as well as the last. I know what I'm doing.
— The Doctor, The Authority #2, "The Circle"
Bad things happen when I run teams. And bad things happen when I don't run teams. This is all a hellish gamble for me, Apollo. But there has to be someone left to save the world. And someone left to change it.
— Jenny Sparks, The Authority #2, "The Circle"
We only use the term superheroes for P.R. purposes. Truth is, we're the biggest bastards you'll ever meet.
— Jack Hawksmoor, The Authority "Scorched Earth"
