Harry Dean Stanton Quotes

Learn to obey before you command.

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

Nobody obeys my instructions.

When you make your peace with authority you become authority.

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.

I just don't like authority. I do like authority when I respect it.

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

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

Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

I like to be in control of things.

I enjoy being in control, having a lot of creative control.

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

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

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.

If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.

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.

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

He did not care which direction the car was travelling, so long as he was in the driver’s seat.

They go where I tell them and do what I tell them.

They must be governed by and be subordinate to you.

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.

Those who can, must obey.

British people do not like being bossed around.