Authority Quote by John Stoker

Power people are generally threatened by authority people...

— James Hunter

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

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Brandon Sanderson

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 to be ridiculed, outwitted and avoided.”

— Tom Robbins

Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.

— James Hunter

“AT THE OFFICE “Coworkers who talk too loudly in the office.” “Employees who goof-off and engage in extended personal conversations.” “A manager who implements…

— Deborah Smith Pegues

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

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

— Anonymous

Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most.

— Emma Goldman

Authority is granted to people who are perceived as authoring their own words, their own actions, their own lives, rather than playing a scripted…

— Parker J. Palmer

Authority is quite degrading.

— Oscar Wilde