I just don't like authority. I do like authority when I…

I think of myself as unconventional, I guess. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite…

— Kim Gordon

Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.

— Hyman Rickover

At school, I was a lot more advanced compared to the other kids but I didn't like authority and was kicked out for fighting.

— Jimi Manuwa

I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority.

— A. C. Benson

I'm a fan or naysayer like everyone else, not an authority of any kind.

— Paul Fry

I hated school. I mean, it's not like I don't like authority, but I don't like getting talked down to.

— Paddy Pimblett

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

— Nadine Gordimer

“You could recognize him from any angle: lean tall stature, deep black hair, and a walk that had an air of authority - like…

— Jennifer Loren

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

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Authority is like soap, the more you use it the less you will have of it.

— Mark Dever

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I…

— Hal Holbrook

The idea of authority, and therefore the respect for authority, is an anti-Semitic notion. It is in Catholicism, in Christianity, in the very teachings…

— Kadmi Cohen

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

— Tupac Shakur

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

— Charles de Gaulle

“What do confidence and command look like when you see them? Moving one step past a healthy self-esteem, they project an air of authority,…

— Susan C. Young