Quotes About Authority

It has been said by many that the risk, for the author who self-translates, is to rewrite more than translate, given that there are no rules to obey when the only authority is oneself. What is the meaning of obedience, of faithfulness, when the other does not exist. 57

But it was another to be authoritative; Bengali had never been a language in which she felt like an adult.

When I do a film, usually I work from my director. That's my boss. The director is interpreting the writer's vision, and we all interpret it, and they create their own vision as well.

Don't say yes until I've finished talking. - Attributed to many Hollywood executives Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

Some coaches are on power trips. I've never needed somebody to tell me I'm not working hard enough.

Boredom and fear keep us working and obeying the laws.

I'm used to politicians being angry with me, you know, because I don't work for them. I work for my viewers.

You can't force your child to go to bed. Well, you can, but it doesn't work.

To make an Army work you have to have every man in it fitted into a fear ladder... The Army functions best when you're frightened of the man above you, and contemptuous of your subordinates.

The question nowadays is not what makes government work. The question is how do we make it stop.

I don't give a damn if you like Blackbeard. I don't care if you think he is an absolute despot. Do you believe me? If you do, I've done my work.

God is the great janitor of the universe. Why things don't work is that we have a janitor in charge, and we keep looking for the landlord.

John Frame's magnificent work on the Christian life fully endorses the authority of Scripture and practically addresses the need to consider the situations and people involved in ethical decisions.

It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful institutions to amplify it.

As a director myself, you want to have colleagues and collaborators that respect your authority as the director. I'm very comfortable with that, and I've done a lot of work in second unit.

You can't control other people, and giving them the power to decide if you will continue to produce good work is foolish.

One way to work the system is to work the system. The other way is to refuse to work it.

I am very clear that when I work with a director what he or she says is the last word.

If you're with an agent and they don't like where your work is going - the pressure behind it is the pressure of the hierarchy which says "I know what I am talking about," which I find offensive.

In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc., but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General.

Caesar's double-bed is warm As an unimportant clerk Writes i do not like my work On a pink official form.

Don't be controlled by the tradition of men

Losing your job releases you from the control of the world system

The biggest fear a corporate government has is that the masses will refuse to work.