Quotes About Hierarchy

It is not for a vulture to teach an eagle how to hunt.

Be a dog, but don't be a younger brother.Proverb.

Like the mind-set that places men above women, whites above blacks, and rich above poor, the mentality that places humans above nature is a dysfunctional delusion.

When I moved from Canada to Korea, I experienced a massive culture shock. I wasn't familiar with Korean culture at all and was very surprised at the hierarchical elements of Korean culture. However, at the time I was determined to succeed so I became a sponge and just soaked in everything I could.

In Korea, the director is on top, and the power flows down vertically. On the set, I love to come up with ideas on the spot. But in Hollywood, if I were to come up with a certain idea on set, the idea had to be taken to all these different people who had to agree.

I think institutions that are bureaucratic often try to squeeze from the top down, and they don't have good results on the ground level.

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.

I love many members of my staff. In fact, all the members of my staff. Do I love some more than others? Absolutely.

The hierarchy plays out in the writers room, and you, as a staff writer, need to know your place.

I am a junior senator, ninety-fifth on the seniority list, and so by Senate standards, my office in the Russell Senate Office Building is less than splendid.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.

A man's social rank is determined by the amount of bread he eats in a sandwich.

Frogs eat Butterflies, Snakes eat Frogs, Hogs eat Snakes, Men eat Hogs.

The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers

Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up.

There would be no great ones, if there were no little ones.

There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers

DOWN A PEG (OR TWO) Humbled. An admiral flew his personal standard at the highest point of the mast, attached by rope to one of a series of pegs at its base. If a more senior admiral came aboard, the original standard would be taken down a peg or two to make room for the new flag. DRESSING

I'm not a historian, and I wouldn't want to be. I want to change the world. Attack the elite. Overturn the hierarchy. Look at my stories and you'll notice that the villains are always, always, those in power. The heroes are the little people. I hate the establishment. Always have, always will.

We must not look at the person, but at the office he occupies. We do not regard the man, but the position. We obey, not the individual himself, but God's authority in him. Anything less than full submission is rebellion, and rebellion is the principle on which Satan and his kingdom operate.

The hand would chastise the head.

Father is strength at home, strength in government and strength overseas. Mother represents upbringing, education, the spread of civilization. Children are the lower classes, the lower races, to be brought to maturity and then set free