Charles Dickens Quotes

I cannot stand authority.

Don't tell me to watch the beat. You watch me.

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

I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.

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

I have a really hard time with people telling me what to do.

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

Let me be clear. Last I was aware you were neither my husband nor my father nor my King. Therefore, any control you may imagine you hold over me is just that- imaginary

If someone tells you to do something for money, tell them to go to hell.

If you are not their slaves, you are rebels.

Kill if you will, but command me nothing!

What am I? Let's just say I won't fetch a stick for you. I won't beg for treats. And, no matter how nicely you ask, I will not roll over and play dead.

When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.

When my mother tells me to do something, I'll do my own thing. A strong character can be good, but sometimes it is not good. I hope it's good in my case.

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

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

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.

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

I can never consent to being dictated to.

The older you get, and the more you're in this business, the more you kind of feel like, 'Why don't we just do it my way?'

I don't run behind authority.

I really rebel against authority.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.