Quotes About Authority

It's not that I'm a 'Let's hug and be joyful all the time' boss. Or that I don't, quote, 'own my own power.' I just never want to be that big, swingin', rule-by-fear person.

In track and field, Nike is all-powerful. They control the top coaches, athletes, races, even the governing body.

God created the races. He created different backgrounds and cultures. But He created them all to operate under His authority.

I just didn't want a boss. The minute you're a CEO, you have a pile of bosses, and you're working 7/24, and you're on everyone's radar all the time.

My dad... was in the military, a drill sergeant, when he was a preacher. You know how some Christians really get into church and become very radical? Imagine him as a radical and a drill sergeant. It was intense.

Whenever anyone challenges anything, the powers that be try to paint them as extremists or radicals or whatever. And I think that's actually nonsense.

If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.

There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.'

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.

Servility always curdles into rage in the end.

We need a father to rage against.

I don't want to paint rainbows: I want to make art that disturbs identity and challenges authority.

I do not raise brats!

I never raise my voice!

I would never scream at my kids, never raise my voice. But as they often tell me, they were so well behaved that screaming was not necessary.

Where I come from you're not raised to think on your own. It's not that you're pushed to read the Bible. The Bible is read to you.

My parents never raised their hand or fired me. Their way of disciplining me was to tell me what is right or wrong.

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

Because God says that he raises up and places all people in places of authority, it is God who raises up a king. It is God that sets one down.

Do I believe God raises up authority? Do I believe he sets one up and puts one down?... I don't believe that just for Trump, I believe that had Hillary been in. I believe that for Obama.

I think children learn from example. I don't believe in raising them in an authoritative atmosphere.

My relationships were never equitable. My husbands were always older than me, and they made the rules, they ran the show, and I followed them.

When Lincoln ran into trouble during the Civil War, he got new generals. He brought in Grant. I hope that President Obama will bring in some new generals on the financial front.

When I lost my dad, there was no one there to be the disciplinarian, and we kind of ran amok.