Quotes tagged ‘Authority’

“Listen to the man, he’s wearing two sweaters.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lenny Bruce, Luke Kirby, imdb.com

“All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic, then…”

— H. L. Mencken, amazon.com

“The Satanic Temple was an idea between a handful of people directly confronting authority.”

— Anonymous Female Satanist, imdb.com

“I'd say she's comfortably in her late 60s.”

— Jarrad Paul, Allen Gregory, Jonah Hill, imdb.com

“Teacher: I am your teacher and I need you to respect that. Allen: Oh, no, no, no, no, I totally will respect that if you can respect that we are on the same exact level authority-wise.”

— Jarrad Paul, Allen Gregory, Jonah Hill, imdb.com

“You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken.”

— Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Rhineheart, David Aston, imdb.com

“Randy Marsh: Uh yes, officer? Cartman: I clocked you at 40 MPH back there. Do you know what the speed limit is hey-ah? Randy: Well, according to that sign right there, it's 40 MPH. Cartman: Step out of the car, please, sir. Randy: Wait a second. Aren't you Stan's little friend? Cartman: Sir, step ou…”

— David A. Goodman, Matt Stone, Eric Cartman, Trey Parker, imdb.com

“You gotta respect my authora-tah!”

— Philip Stark, Matt Stone, Eric Cartman, Trey Parker, imdb.com

“Yes, we often learn our most important lessons outside the classroom. The painful truth about the state of a relationship, the ugly cost of challenging authority, the sad fact that life's colors aren't always rosy, then are those who refuse to accept these important lessons. They simply wait to teac…”

— Marco Pennette, Mary Alice Young, Brenda Strong, imdb.com

“The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest criminal, breaking every written and natural law, stealing in the form of taxes, killing in the form of war and capital punishment, it has come to an absolute…”

— Emma Goldman, amazon.com

“Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods. For…”

— Baruch Spinoza, amazon.com

“I have as much authority as the Pope. There just aren’t as many people who believe it.”

— Unknown, tcat.tc

“Though there were over 200 policemen standing around, none of them made a move to grab him.”

— Al Sharpton, en.wikiquote.org

“There is no intrinsic virtue to law and order unless 'law' is equated with justice and 'order' with the discipline of a people satisfied that justice has been done. Law as an instrument of state oppression is a familiar feature of totalitarianism. Without a popularly elected legislature and an indep…”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

“Punk is against flattery[…] The spirit of punk lies in not ingratiating oneself to preordained values or accepting standard authority.”

— Rei Kawakubo, amazon.com

“Tyrants who get into power make life miserable for everyone.”

— Temple Grandin, amazon.com

“You can create in the prisoners feelings of boredom, a sense of fear to some degree, you can create a notion of arbitrariness that their life is totally controlled by us, by the system, you, me, and they'll have no privacy... We're going to take away their individuality in various ways. In general w…”

— Philip Zimbardo, en.wikipedia.org

“Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities—the political, the religious, the educational authorities—who attempted to comfort us by giving us order, rul…”

— Timothy Leary, books.google.com

“A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them”

— Brandon Sanderson, amazon.com

“If ever you feel like an animal among men, be a lion.”

— Criss Jami, amazon.com