John Milius Quotes

I've never been any good with authority.

I don't run behind authority.

I've always had a problem with doing what I'm told.

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

Some will say that I have an issue with authority, but I just like to question things.

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

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

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

I hate being forced to do things. I hate people telling me what to do, so I'll do the complete opposite. It's a bit self-destructive sometimes.

The driving force behind doing everything that I've been doing for 11 years as a stand-up is having problems with authority and not liking to be told what to do.

I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid.

I could never take orders from anyone.

I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.

I don't take well to rules.

I couldn't follow nobody's rules.

The minute I was told what to do at any age, I did the opposite. Hopefully I'll do that for the rest of my life.

I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature. I don't like to be told what to do. I think it goes back to school. I like to do things I want to do and I really don't like doing what I don't want to do.

I do not bow. I do not obey. I do not 'worship.'

I'm bad at doing what I'm told. I'm a born free thinker.

My problem has always been with authority, and I'm sure if anybody understands that, it's people in uniform.

I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me.

I wasn't that kid where if you told me 'No,' I was just going to do it anyway.

The student will try to defy the master. Always.

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.