Always Quote by Edward Said

When teachers or people in authority put me down or in one way or another tried to make me feel less than equal to…

— Maya Angelou

At Murry Bergtraum High I wanted to be as different from my father as possible. So I acted out in school, I was very…

— John Leguizamo

[In school] I encountered authority of a different kind than I had ever encountered before, and I did not like it. And they really…

— Steve Jobs

I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.

— Nigella Lawson

I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that…

— Tom Petty

My upbringing gave me a strong will, a mental aggressiveness in what I wanted to achieve.

— Paul Tergat

I turned what was a wonderful case of self-reliance into a case of self-exile. Which is not uncommon, I think, in people who grow…

— Leigh Newman

When I was younger, I used to think that my unconventional upbringing was a weakness, but over the past few years, I've learnt to…

— Susan Fowler

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

As I got older, I was able to articulate why I was rebelling against authority - because their motives were much more forceful and…

— Richard Belzer

I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy,…

— Winona Ryder

I was very aggressive as a child. At primary school in London my attitude was 'If you don't do what I say, I'll knowk…

— Lennox Lewis