Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.

'Because I said so!' They are the most underrated four words.

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

While they are kids, my children must do as I say.

Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent.

Those who know the least obey the best.

When a police officer tells you to stay in the car, you stay in the car.

We have disciplinary authority and will use it when appropriate.

Your foreman or supervisor gives you more or-else orders in a week than the police do in a decade.

Trust your leaders and you will enjoy the fruits of your obedience.

He will punish you as a father punishes his disobedient child, unless you do as he desires.

Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it...People need somebody to watch over them.... Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.

Those who can, must obey.

I say to my kids all the time - and this is absolutely true - I always say, 'Who's the boss?' and they go, 'You are.'

In the Air Force, you get some weird orders, but you obey them no matter what.

If my coach told me to go run them bleachers, you didn't ask no questions. I turned around and started running until he said stop.

The only requirement of a fan or a patient is the surrender to authority.

Get your runtcheeks down those stairs, right now

I even used to stop vehicles going through stop signs, even though I was walking.

Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute.