Quotes About Authority

Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still.

There is no woman in the world who does not abuse the power she has been able to acquire.

Four things greater than all things are, - Women and Horses and Power and War.

I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the ship under mutiny by sitting on the powder barrel with her lighted torch and all the time knowing that it is empty? This has seemed to me a charming image of the women of my time. There they were, keeping the world in order by sitting on the mystery of life, and knowing themselves that there was no mystery.

People ask me what I think about that woman priest thing. What, a woman priest? Women priests. Great, great. Now there's priests of both sexes I don't listen to.

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men.

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those who want power in bed.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!

Crushing people is the truth's hobby.

He was abusing the imbeciles' licence to do the unthinkable.

Some say history is made by the winners. Sometimes, it's rewritten by an author.

Ich glaube, der alte Ferdinand las so viel, damit er nicht mit seiner Frau reden mußte. Immerhin hatten Männer damals noch soviel Autorität, daß niemand ihr Studierzimmer zu betreten wagte. Auf diese Weise wurde mein lieber Schwiegervater ein Gelehrter.

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself.

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.

I write about my own work because I want to speak for myself. I might not be the only authority, nor the best authority, but I want to participate in the writing of my own history. Why should artists be validated by outside authorities. I don't like being paternalism and colonised by every Tom, Dick or Harry that comes along (male or female).

I write about my own work because I want to speak for myself. I might not be the only authority, nor the best authority, but I want to participate in the writing of my own history. Why should artists be validated by outside authorities. I don't like being paternalised and colonised by every Tom, Dick or Harry that comes along (male or female).

There's a line in the picture where he snarls, "Nobody tells me what to do." That's exactly how I've felt all my life.

I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

There's a line in the picture where he (Johnny - The Wild One) snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.