Ethel Barrymore Quotes

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.

Xavier McDaniel made me respect him. I thought I could do anything I wanted to. He grabbed me one time and almost choked me out. He said, 'You're going to do this. You're going to go get coffee. You're going to go get doughnuts.' It's a game of respect.

If they're acting like a dog, sometimes you're forced to treat people like dogs.

And be careful of this, that each day at your meals you have two overseers over your household when you sit at meals, and of this be sure, that you shall be very much feared and reverenced.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

There has to be absolute trust between the tiger and its master, but its master must be the master - there must be no mistake about that.

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

A thick stick in one's hand makes people respectful.

His speech failed to rouse an enthusiastic cheer, but no one dared contradict him.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

Learn to obey before you command.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me.

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

The only thing I command is respect.

I was the law and order.

You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.

In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge.

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

None of them going to treat me bad, honey, I'm too strict for that.

The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done.