Ian Mckellen Quotes

When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.

I like being called 'Mr. Freeman' occasionally.

Please address me correctly as Mrs.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

Kids can still call me Shaq, but adults should call me Dr. O'Neal.

I do see your point, but to me, I'm just a mouse compared to the President of the United States.

We do not accost a physician as we do any mere nobody; nor a magistrate as we do a private individual. We try to get some advantage from the skill of the one and the position of the other. Walk in the sun, and your shadow will follow you, whether you will or not.

In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.

People ask, 'Should I call you Sir Hopkins?' But I say, 'No. Call me Tony,' because it's too much of a lift-up.

He who takes his rank lightly raises his own dignity.

Titles and honor and salutes it is in the power of the supreme authority in many countries to bestow, and it is from no vain or childish instinct that the world in all ages has attached value to these emblems or rewards.

I don't care about power. I don't care about credit.

You don't talk to Richard Petty unless he talks to you.

To make sense of bossiness, we need to tease apart two fundamental aspects of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power and status. Power lies in holding a formal position of authority or controlling important resources. Status involves being respected or admired.

The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.

When people start to perceive you as the big guy, you're not allowed to be scrappy, fierce.

I'm not the grand poobah. I'm not the emperor. That's not what I want to be.

Power in itself has never attracted me, nor has position been my goal.

As always, whenever I'm contacted by the White House, I'm just humbled.

While speaking in the NA, one must maintain respect.

It'd be nice if people consider me somewhat of an ambassador.

I got taught respect because if not, somebody's gonna make you respect them.