I was petrified because all my friends would be going to Washington, DC, to protest. I was sixteen, and I was like,… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
The pressure to conform to an authority figure or peer group can cause people to behave in shocking ways. — Mike Lofgren Copy Share Image
If every day of your life you are told by authority figures that the Earth is flat, you will be scared of… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
A lot of authority figures want to be good. I sense that, and yet at the same time I sense that authority,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When we were on acid, we would go into the woods, because there was less chance that you would run into an… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
“Three individuals were involved: the one running the experiment, the subject of the experiment (a volunteer), and a confederate pretending to be… — Wikipedia Copy Share Image
Single parents in particular may have trouble maintaining themselves as authority figures because of underlying guilt; they feel acontinuing sense that they… — Marge M. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When you have an authority figure tell you something that distinguishes you, there's a little bit of a badge of courage or… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
Listen to authority figures because of their position, but only believe them if they can explain why. — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
So to me, what the drugs and addiction are saying is that I deserve to feel good, I'm allowed to take this… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
Our parents, our tribesman, our authority figures, clearly expect us to be bad or anti-social or greedy or selfish or dirty or… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought… — Conrad Hyers Copy Share Image
There have, for years, been comparative studies of religious fanaticism and factors that correlate with it. By and large, it tends to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
The kind of "blind obedience" once theologized as the ultimate step to holiness, is itself blind. It blinds a person to the… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Mark Twain is a universe, and he is also a kind of American authority figure. He can say things to America that… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
The world needs women who stop asking for permission from the principal. Permission to live their lives as they deeply know they… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
It can be tempting to blame others for our loss of direction. We get lots of information about life but little education… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
All I'm being offered now are parts that are authority figures. I've done that. And that's not what I want. I want… — Yaphet Kotto Copy Share Image
One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers. — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
