Quotes About Authority

It's been sanctioned by the courts, and I accept that.

They know, the courts know, the people know that they have no way of changing the results as it affects them.

When one person does something, you look like an outlier. And whether it makes sense or not, the states get a certain level of respect from the courts that other people don't.

Courts do not make the law.

I remember being, like, the age of 7 and just always being in control of something or someone, a baby somewhere. I had lots of cousins and brothers, and we were all taught that's how you are, you know. Things don't just run themselves; you have to make them run.

A country is not managed through cousins and confidants.

Children crave direction.

I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution.

Companies need to have rules - that's a given - but they don't have to be shortsighted and lazy attempts at creating order.

I've got more creative control when I do music.

I enjoy being in control, having a lot of creative control.

I love the idea of creators having leverage and control.

If the house is on fire, and the fireman shows up, you don't question his color or credentials. You don't send him back to the firehouse and say, 'Send somebody else.'

Yes, I'm a personality. I accept that. O.K.? I understand it. But I'm a personality with credentials.

There are still men in the professional or behind the scenes world that are controlling women to build credibility.

I have never run after the captaincy in my entire career. It is something for the cricket board to decide.

There is no other job in major sport like a cricket captain. It is a huge job.

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.

I've realized my best and worst critic is my director.

When I was in the PMO, Digvijaya Singh used to call me whenever he wanted to see the PM. He used to go through me. He is under compulsion to criticise me, but I am under no compulsion to criticise him.

You don't criticize your employer.

I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an actor, which is to say, Look, you do what we like you to do or else.

We critique all politicians who are in power, whenever there's a talking point.

It's a lot of crooked cops out there. They manipulate the system.