Quotes About Authority

There are certain guys that think they know hockey because they follow it on the Internet.

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

I hold head coaches accountable.

The holder of authority is like the rider on a lion - he is envied for his position, but he well knows his position.

Holly and Hef were obviously the main relationship. We weren't allowed to date or anything like that.

Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him.

What I learned from my go-round with 'In the Heights' is that it's tough to make a movie. In Hollywood, even the people in charge have people in charge.

It's so interesting that when I finished 'The X-Files' in 2002, the - call it the political and cultural climate in America - was one of fear, and trust of government. Because we put ourselves in the hands of the authority who was going to protect us. And, you know, we gave up a lot of our liberties to Homeland Security, etc.

Everyone knows these stories about a wild and crazy guy called Bonzo, but at home he was just like any other father; always hollering at me for not doing my homework.

I remember one parent-teacher conference at the lower school, and Barack went, and there were SWAT guys on top of the roof of the school. And Malia was like, 'Dad, really? Really? Do they really have to be up there?' And it's like, yeah, honey, they do.

I respect my father as a father, but I also respect him as an honorable chairman.

Most players have a basic shot with which they do most of their scoring. Mine is the hook shot and I suppose you could call me an authority on that.

Think of Capt. Hook, and then put an 's' after it. Capt. Hooks. That's me.

Every actor strives to be in the moment, and when you're on a horse, you constantly have to communicate with it and assert your authority.

When you are the host, you have to take the party into your hands like a conductor.

The locale does not determine the dress code; the host does.

The severe household has no fierce slaves, but it is the affectionate mother.

And be careful of this, that each day at your meals you have two overseers over your household when you sit at meals, and of this be sure, that you shall be very much feared and reverenced.

The absence of men in the household has caused people to not know how to respond to authority with respect. There's a major problem with the patriarchs having been chased out of the house.

Ain't nobody gon' tell me how to raise mine. I'm a fight to keep a traditional household. That's just me.

Whether you're a mechanic or you build houses or you work in an office, you don't have to like your boss.

It has been raised many times whether media, corporate houses, sports bodies and NGOs should come under RTI or not. It is not up to you or me to decide. It is up to the government to decide on that.

We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets hubris.

The last thing we need in Washington is more federal hubris.