Quotes About Authority

There's no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says.

If I had been told to get out of the street as a teenager, there would have been a distinct possibility that I might have smarted off. But, I wouldn't have expected to be shot.

As a teenager, I was perpetually grounded. I was stubborn rather than rebellious.

As a teenager, I ached to grow up even more than I dreaded to. I craved escape from my parents' impositions on what I believed.

Our relationship with presidents is often like that of a teenager and parent. He's our leader, but sometimes we rail against his decisions for us. We push back at times to make sure he knows who's boss.

Parents are almost fearful of disciplining their children. They are scared they are going to lose the connection with them when they are teenagers or adults.

In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens.

A law has to have teeth.

I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist.

If I'm off the teleprompter, management doesn't get to see what I'm going to say.

One of my very favorite television shows growing up was 'The Prisoner.'

You've got to tell your money what to do or it will leave.

When you disrespect Australian law, they will tell your firmly. Declare everything when you enter Australia.

There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.

A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.

In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children.

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do.

I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way.

P.C. is just too Big Brother - telling me how I should act and feel.

Because they feel that without them telling you to do this, you wouldn't have had the characters that you have, you wouldn't have the book that you have.

I believe that businesses will do what is best for their business. I don't know that the government needs to be stepping in and telling them, 'This is what you will do.'

Guys don't like women telling them what to do. It reminds them of their mothers, or something like that.

Being pregnant was a lot like being a child again. There was always someone telling you what to do.

First of all, Vince McMahon doesn't argue - he tells you!