Authority Quote by Gabriel García Márquez

“And if the Colonel thought that calling me his friend would make me stand by him, well, he was right.”

— John Green

“He couldn't go into his army's barracks -- he had long since learned that the best commanders stay away unless they have some reason…

— Orson Scott Card

“Colonel. Can she read and write?   Peter. Ay, that she can, sir. Colonel. Then she is a dangerous woman.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I don’t take orders from her. I don’t take orders from anyone. I am still Junco. I am still at war. And my enemies…

— J.A. Huss

“No fucking way. Commander? You ain't got enough stupid in you to be an officer," Jacqs blurted.”

— Lyn Gala

“But Jack, you're just a Captain and I'm the General. I order you not to go. He tried to smile, . . . .These…

— Nancy E Turner

“Well, Colonel, there is diplomacy and there is reality. Our ambassador represents diplomacy. I represent reality. And the reality is we don't want you.”

— Stephen Kinzer

“Commanders and historians are the people who discuss wars; I was in the infantry, and most of the time I did not know where…

— Robertson Davies

“You must be the only officer in the whole army who involves his regiment in his personal relationships.”

— K.M. Shea

“We are at war, and in time of war there is only one rule. Form your battalion and fight.”

— Kermit Roosevelt III

“-commanders have just as much authority as you let them have. The more you obey them, the more power they have over you.”

— Orsen Card

“I cast my lot in with a soldier, and where he was, was home to me.”

— Martha Summerhayes