Experience Quote by Courtney A. Kemp

Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.

— William P. Young

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

— James Cromwell

The great majority of people have a strong need for authority which they can admire, to which they can submit, and which dominates and…

— Sigmund Freud

When you have an authority figure tell you something that distinguishes you, there's a little bit of a badge of courage or pride point…

— Lucy Corin

In a culture of technique, we often confuse authority with power, but the two are not the same. Power works from the outside in,…

— Parker J. Palmer

When people in authority want the rest of us to behave, it matters-first and foremost-how they behave.

— Malcolm Gladwell

We know that the great majority of people have a strong need for authority which it can admire, to which it can submit, and…

— Sigmund Freud

“On an individual basis, in most interactions, this thing we call power—authority—exists only as it is perceived.”

— Brandon Sanderson

I've always had a problem with authority since I was a little kid. Like when the teachers would tell us to do something, I…

— Jon Fitch

Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority…

— Rupert Everett

The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological atmosphere or climate favorable to the life of…

— Arthur Balfour

All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.

— Oscar Wilde