Quotes About Authority

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.

As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.

I don't find any presidents all that sexy. They're not very rock'n'roll.

I think a lot of presidents learn to be president by being president.

Presidents get to decide how their intelligence is served up to them, and it's the job of intelligence to adjust.

The Cold War is over. The kind of authority that the presidents asserted during the Cold War has now been diminished.

I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.

Occasionally, you see presidents come in and provide a clear change in direction of leadership.

I've always given presidents the benefit of the doubt on their nominees.

Presidents and cabinet officials could send a strong message of accountability if they held senior appointees responsible for their performance.

I'm of the minority opinion that presidents should be given more power for less time.

I think different presidents have different ways of governing. We just have to respect that.

I'm not sure what the UFC's agenda is when it comes to me. It's their show, their press. They can change to whatever they want to do at any point. They own this thing. They can do whatever they want.

If somebody doesn't want to show up for a press conference I'll pull them from the card.

The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before.

When you are captain in any format, it definitely brings a lot of pressure on you and this is why its a big responsibility.

If ever I leave power, it will be only in conditions of beauty, never under pressure.

Politicians pretend not to be smart.

When you pretend to be an authority on everything, it forces your subordinates to defer to your opinion - which may not be the most informed in the room. If you have humility concerning the gaps in your experience or ability, it allows others to shine.

I think I could totally be a gangster, but I could never be the kind of gangster that carries things out myself. I would have to be the kingpin that has my minions go and do the dirty bidding. I think I'd be pretty good at giving orders.

I always feel that in politics, you have a bridle on. Well, I took the bridle off. And I tell you, it felt pretty good.

Choreographers tend to treat ballet dancers like kids they can manipulate.

How dangerous emperors are when they go mad.

I think it's a dangerous thing for anyone to have power over other people.