Quotes About Authority

I remember in seventh grade we used to wear lipstick to school, and the teachers would get so angry, and they'd steal our lipstick if we had them.

When there was a fight in school, because I was the tall one, the teachers would say, 'I know you were there. I could see you.'

Anticipatory obedience teaches authorities what is possible and accelerates unfreedom.

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example.

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.

If we want girls to receive positive reinforcement for early acts of leadership, let's discourage bossy behavior along with banning bossy labels. That means teaching girls to engage in behaviors that earn admiration before they assert their authority.

When I was teaching Latin in girls' schools before I became a writer, I didn't much like it if parents would come in and say, 'We'll have less of the Ovid and Virgil and more of the grammar, please.' After all, I was the one in charge. That's how I feel about doctors. You should trust them to do their job properly.

Essentially, it is the director who is the creative head of a film. The final authority on all decisions lies with the director. That is how it should be. And then other team members can give their creative inputs.

The team needs a leader to handle everything with rules and constant stability. Mourinho is the ideal man for that job, and we are delighted about it.

We should never have to do whatever Messi says. I did not pay attention to him, not even in the national team. But that is the myth that has been formed. But it is not just me: a lot of people have said it, but of course you won't believe it from me... It is not me who is denying it. The facts deny it.

I just feel like I'm an established player now, I've been around a long time and my teammates respect me for the way that I play. So, when I do say something, I think they are going to listen to it and respect it.

In the bad old days, captains were not good leaders. They didn't build teams; they were arrogant and autocratic.

It goes against every rule in the universe.' To my surprise, she touched the small gold cross around her neck. 'Some rules are bigger than the universe.

He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can threaten my boyfriends myself." Mead, Richelle (2010-05-18). Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel (p. 39). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.

What have you gotten me into?" I hissed to him. "Me? What have you gotten yourself into? Couldn't I have just picked you up at the police station for underage drinking, like most fathers?" Mead, Richelle (2010-05-18). Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel (p. 478). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.

I'll kill her, you know. The queen, not Natalie. Screw the guardians. I'll do it. She can't get away with that.

When the hell did things one who comes up with the wacky, impossible plans. I'm supposed to be the general here. Now I'm barely a lieutenant.

Headmistress. Whatever. She's still a self-righteous old bit—

Malicious or not, strong leaders always attract followers.

Power," as John Adams had written, "always thinks it has a great soul.

To his brother Edgar he confided, "I suffer from the usual difficulty that besets the higher commander—things can be ordered and started, but actual execution at the front has to be turned over to someone else.

I suffer from the usual difficulty that besets the higher commander—things can be ordered and started, but actual execution at the front has to be turned over to someone else.

As a battalion commander in France, it was said, he had once pulled a pistol on a hesitant junior officer and shot him in the buttocks. "There," Allen said. "You're out. You're wounded." Such gestures would be unnecessary here.