Quotes About Authority

Something happens in school sometimes where you're like, 'Oh, I'm not an expert, and I have to defer to people who are.' And it happens not just in school: it happens in religion, too. Defer to the experts. A printing press is a big deal - they got the Bible, and all of a sudden they could read it for themselves.

When you lose power, then all of a sudden, the press are lions. When you have power, the press are lambs.

When the show started out, it was like all of a sudden we had to do 35 episodes and we had just a month and a half to write them, and it took me a while to realize that I was in charge.

I once called construction companies to bid on an addition to the school library so that there would suddenly be people outside, measuring the building. 'Who authorized this?' the principal would ask. The answer: 'Howie Mandel.'

Power isn't real, and it isn't earned. If you act like you have it, suddenly you're leading everyone. Perception is reality.

Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything.

I would sue any president that exceeds his or her powers.

You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won't function better in the world and your relationship will suffer greatly.

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens.

I don't think I have suffered for want of being a Cabinet minister. I don't have a Cabinet minister to whom I report. I report directly to the Prime Minister.

If the president is allowed to govern by executive action, then the rule of law greatly suffers.

You don't need any indictment in order to arrest someone; probable cause is sufficient to arrest civilians, so it must be enough to arrest police.

A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast.

The world isn't one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority.

I'm not going to suggest to a delegate at what they ought to do.

The IOC presidency has been suggested to me.

You know what it's like to persuade a pigheaded child to do something they don't want to. If they hear the same suggestion from someone else, they'll go right off and do it.

Ron Howard is the family patriarch. When he gave orders, directions, or suggestions to family members, they were not to be questioned. It was considered wrong to disagree with him.

President Obama seems to understand the Constitution as a 'set of suggestions.'

If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide.

It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.

I've never been big on sports coats and pants. I'm a suit guy. It makes it clear who's in charge.

At 'The Daily Show,' we were satirizing a news program. You put somebody in a suit, you put 'em behind a desk, and they become an authority figure.

I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.