James D. Watson Quotes

When you make your peace with authority you become authority.

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.

Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that someone is above him. He thinks this lowers his position.

You don’t need to admire power, but you must always, however grudgingly, respect and understand it.

Men live in glad obedience to the masters they believe in, or they live in a frictional opposition to the master they wish to undermine.

The respected intellectuals are those who conform and serve power interests.

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.

Learn to obey before you command.

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.

When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.

Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power.

Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

I remember being taught my place.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

The White House Chief of Staff must always remember that he is staff and not chief.

Those who can, must obey.

The first day of 'Liberty,' I was hanging around waiting for Ford to come in. Everybody told me how tough he was and not to say anything, or he'd single you out and get on you the whole shoot. But as he walked in, I got up and saluted him.

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.

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.

My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.'