Quotes About Authority

I'd learned a long time ago that it's better to ask forgiveness than permission.

I opened up my copy of the Code of Conduct and turned to Section 11, Rule 3: "Students shall not tamper with smoke or fire alarms under any circumstances." Then I took Leo's pen and drew a line right through it. That felt pretty good too. One rule down and… well, all the rest to go.

I decided that every rule in the Hills Village Middle School Code of Conduct should be worth a certain number of points, depending on how hard it was to break. Of course, this meant I could get into some serious trouble, so I decided to make that worth a bunch of points too.

But I'm the professor! This is my class! Show some respect!" "Okay

ESU lieutenant Steve Reno has the tactical lead. Commander Will Matthews, our team commander, has the final word.

Unfortunately, too many public school officials believe that cameras are needed to enforce order and discipline.

I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.

Unfortunately, in our culture, one person can write a letter to the network, and they shut something down. It's unfortunate.

Some of the best preparation I had for coming to Congress is being a football referee. Because you've got to make a decision, and no matter what you do, someone's unhappy with you.

I had one nanny who made me sit in front of a bowl of porridge for three or four days running when I refused to eat it. I remember being very unhappy about that.

With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on the evidence I gave them. However, I also accept that I was part of an unhelpful culture of deference and silence in society and the Church, which thankfully is now a thing of the past.

Eighty percent of the problems that beset unification immediately disappeared when the President signed the bill increasing the authority and the responsibility of the Secretary of Defense.

Clothes are a kind of uniform. A nun's habit, a surgeon's scrubs, a cop's uniform. People often say that when they put on a certain uniform, they actually think of themselves differently.

A police uniform is just a piece of clothing sewn by the same tailors who sew your clothes.

Governance in India comes in the iron-clad armour of bureaucracy. Anyone in uniform considers it his or her right that we regard them as some sort of deity.

I grew up in a military family, and there's something about that military-style uniform, all cleaned up, a brutal control effort the military necessarily breeds.

People in uniform are not sacrosanct. They don't have all the answers. The use of force is a political decision at its core, in terms of its objectives; then the military, as the experts, must be brought in to tell you how to do it.

My problem has always been with authority, and I'm sure if anybody understands that, it's people in uniform.

I was in the Marine Corps in 1971. The idea 'Where does authority come from?' is fascinating to me. And also, the idea of a chaplain is fascinating to me because it's a man of the cloth in uniform, and it's the uniform of a killing machine. Back when I was in the Corps, when I saw that, I was amazed by it.

The key benefits of a Special Purpose National Bank Charter are uniform regulations, standards, supervision, and authority for emerging financial technology companies to operate nationwide.

The funny thing about any cop uniform is that people will do what you say when you're wearing a cop uniform.

Only thing I ever thought I'd see is a picture with me in a uniform with stripes on it and a number under my mug shot.

As I got older, my mother taught me to remember that your connection with people is based on what you're allowing them to touch about you, which was the opposite of what you get as a military kid, because dad's in a uniform. He's official; you don't poke that. But with mom, you do: Always question authority.

I used to use a sunbed after school. It wasn't a regular thing, but I'd go in wearing my uniform. No one ever stopped me. No one told me it was dangerous.