Quotes About Authority

There was one director who crossed the line. I scolded him so much that he later never tried anything.

The director needs to be in command on set because everything crumbles if that's not the case.

There is always the person who's got to stand on the sandcastle, they must crush it.

I don't think anybody has that crystal ball but the president.

Power is not just political. It can be cultural; it can be spiritual.

You know, we've got to be able to understand that in order to curb their behavior, we've got to be accountable as parents in how we raise our children.

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to.

The customer is always right: 'It's my money. You have to listen to me'.

Customers have access to information that gives them much more control over their lives.

The czar always got his dues, no matter if it ruined a family.

How can another man call another man boss? That's like calling another man 'Daddy.'

I'm a fun daddy, but I discipline them too.

I don't care what 'Pitchfork' says. They write from a place that's a little too self-aware for me to really give a damn about what they're talking about.

I'll have you understand I am running this court, and the law hasn't got a damn thing to do with it!

Global governments should start seriously talking about the creation of a World Tax Authority with the mission to ensure that tax systems will deliver for the public interests in all countries.

I would hate for anybody not to abide by alert warnings coming from government systems.

One time, on Marine One, the president asked me my opinion. I had a flashback to being at the kitchen table with my dad. That dominant male figure set me up for being confident to express myself with precision and persuasion.

When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud... these were very, very intimidating and powerful people.

Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.

It matters whether women sit at the table. No one speaks up for you when you are standing outside with your nose pressed up against the glass. You cannot window-shop for power.

Owning news makes you important; it gives you a seat at the table.

Even Disney - off the record, but on the record - knows that I have the power. They love me because of that. I don't act like it. I'm not walking around all cocky, but the tables have turned.

Players thump their cue on the floor when the opponent is coming to the table, or at the table. And the referees need to show some more authority on this stuff. You don't see it so much with top players or on TV tables - they know they can't get away with it.

The laws receive their force and authority from an oath of fidelity, either tacit or expressed, which living subjects have sworn to their sovereign, in order to restrain the intestine fermentation of the private interest of individuals.