Quotes About Authority

She forces me to endure this ridiculous therapy, when the so-called counselors are little better than misguided do-gooders with degrees. -Artemis Fowl

Don't feel bad; I regularly reduce people to unintelligible stammers.

We're being led by an idiot with a crayon.

HOLLY: Are you suggesting I occasionally stray from the rule book? FOALY: No. I'm suggesting you do not own a copy of the rule book, and if you do, you have certainly never opened it.

I'm LEP. A captain. No rent-a-cop gnome is going to stand in the way of my orders.

Listen to me, convict. I have not traveled all this way to listen to your war stories. So shut your trap before I shut it for you. Commander Julius Root

Doobie always wanted to see the badge. It was shiny, and he was eight.

Holly: Seven and a half hours to save the world. Isn't there some law that says we get twenty-four? Artemis: I don't think Opal pays much attention to laws.

Control puberty? snorted the bodyguard.If you manage that, you'll be the first.

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I am so sick of you smart kids. Why can't you just boost cars or steal stuff like normal kids?' 'We do steal stuff. Just bigger stuff.

I have it on very good authority that I have a lovely pee-pee, so lay off.

I did what all good Iriah dads do when faced with a worthy adversary..I said Ask your mother!!

D'Arvit!" growled Root. (There is no point translating that word, as it would have to be censored.)

Holly's mouth was a tight line as she shook her head. "Navy rules, Butler. You're on my boat, you follow my orders." "As I remember, I brought the boat." "Yes, thanks for bringing my boat.

Hat dich jemand reinkommen sehen? Ja, das FBI, die CIA, die NSA, die DEA und das MI6. Ach ja, und die GPB. Die GPB? Gesamte Polizeibelegschaft.

Sometimes, Spiro missed the times when a troublesome worker would be thrown out a high window and that was the end of him. These days, if you threw someone out of a window, they'd phone their lawyer on the way down.

I know what you're thinking," said Root. "Why am I picking on you every day? Why don't I ever bawl out those other layabouts?" Holly said nothing, but agreement was written all over her face. "I'll tell you why, shall I?" Holly risked a nod. "It's because you're a girl.

One: listen to your commander—he is always right. Two: ignore all hunches, unless suggested by your commander, who is always right. Three: if in doubt, call your commander. The one who is always right.

The officer holstered his weapon, drawing out a set of cuffs.

But always among the humans, there are those individuals who would control all they see and are threatened by that which they do not understand.

Spider-Man's Uncle Ben said it better: With great power comes great responsibility.

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Ga Artemis redden. Dat is het allerlaatste bevel dat je van me krijgt, kapitein. En waag het niet dat in de wind te slaan. - Root