Andrea Mackris Quotes

You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done.

I'm not used to saying no to this man on any level.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.

I always remember I'm the monkey and he's the organ-grinder.

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

When you make your peace with authority you become authority.

Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.

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

Obedience simulates subordination as fear of the police simulates honesty.

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

Power never turns power down, ever, unless institutionally demanded.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.

I love someone who tries to boss me around.

Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

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

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

The majority is still at the General's disposal.

Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

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

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.