I don't think that it's up to government to dictate what…

I do not want to make art and then try to dictate how people use it, or how people interact with it.

— Julien Baker

When I write the songs, I don't dictate how people should interpret them.

— Billy Squier

Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.

— Prince

In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at something else.…

— Oscar Isaac

It's the idea that we as people can control our own destinies. The government and the corporations, more even than the government, can't dictate…

— Kathleen Hanna

“These people decry government overreach as they try to use the government to dictate what citizens can and cannot read.”

— Amanda Jones

I fight for people that wear a uniform.

— Erin O'Toole

I can't believe people would ever wear shorts.

— The Miz

“paraphrashed :People wear what they wear because of what goes on in their heads...it has nothing to do with their size or shape.”

— Elizabeth Hawes

I don't care what people wear to be honest.

— Guy Sebastian

You cannot dictate what people find funny, what people find attractive, or what people find scary. There is not a norm.

— Guillermo del Toro

“And have you also noticed that it’s hopeless to dictate people’s awareness or behavior? So let’s turn it around. She loves you, but she…

— Byron Katie

The government is supposed to respond to the will of the people. Not dictate to the people what they are doing.

— Benjamin Carson

Because I am the football coach doesn't mean I can dictate to people what they believe.

— Jim Harbaugh

Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.

— Margaret Atwood