Quotes About Authority

Members of the crew do not talk back to the captain; they simply carry out orders. The captain is the master of his ship, and his decrees are carried out. Likewise, your conscious mind is the captain and the master of your ship, which represents your body, environment, and all your affairs. Your subconscious mind takes the orders you give it based upon what your conscious mind believes and accepts as true.

your conscious mind is the captain and the master of your ship, which represents your body, environment and all your affairs. Your subconscious mind takes the orders you give it based upon what your conscious mind believes and accepts as true.

Fifty men have run America, and that's a high figure.

was always taught that the man is the master of the house and you just accept what he wants.

And in a world where individuals felt their vote counted little either in the political arena or the workplace, they could at least demonstrate authority over their own bodies.

When I get to Principal Belding's office, Miss Bliss, his secretary

It's not enough to bash in heads. You've got to bash in minds.

European and American settlers soon took over the lands that were established for settlement of eastern tribes in what became known as Indian Territory. The Christian god gave them authority. Yet everyone wanted the same thing: land, peace, a place to make a home, cook, fall in love, make children and music.

It is in times like these that we face the most cunning of tricksters. We might even find a trickster in the seat of power.

Taking the law into your own hands, fuck what's wrong with that?

Suicide is in fact a consoling thought. Suicide is the secret door by which you can exit the world at any time—it's wholly up to you. For who can prevent you, if suicide is truly your wish? Who has the moral authority

The power of a parent to wound, to kill. The power of a parent is terrible.

Mom's new husband was eleven years older than Mom. He had been Mom's boss at the Buick dealership where she'd worked until they were married, and you could see that he was still Mom's boss—the way he spoke to her, not exactly giving orders, never forgetting to say Please but in a tone of voice that meant there was no negotiating. Of

always, you want to impress them: men of authority)

?flah olmamak bir yeti?kinin senin davran??lar?na itiraz etmesinden ba?ka nedir ki?

For that was mom's trump card: she was the mother, and so possessed a mysterious and unquestioned authority. Dad was the boss, but Mom was the power.

When you said Please to those who...had no option but to obey, what were you really saying?

we so resented that asshole up there talking talking talking taking up the entire assembly expecting us to believe there isn't a special creation of God, or of man, to which we didn't belong, here in the shabby south end of Hammond in the worst damn public school in the district, we didn't belong and never would. And what the hell? ---Such truths, FOXFIRE made softer.

Confiad en lo interior, no en lo exterior. Confiad en el alma, no en el Estado.

It was as dark as the inside of a cabinet minister.

On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.

Our words contain the power of life and death.

If you can't be corrected, you have a problem with pride. If you rebel against authority, if you want to take all the credit and glory to yourself, if you say "I" too often, then you have a problem with pride. It

Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him.