Andrew Clements Quotes

I don't run behind authority.

I really rebel against authority.

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

I'm always rebelling. I don't think I'll ever stop.

I think it's important to rebel a little bit.

I don't take well to rules.

I couldn't follow nobody's rules.

We never want to toe the line.

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

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.

Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.

I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

I've always been in a rebel.

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've never been one to just do what I'm told. I don't say that necessarily with pride, it's just something that has gotten me in trouble before.

I'm that weird guy; I hate being told what to do.

All I've done all my life is disobey.

I could never take orders from anyone.

I never wanted to be in a gang. I didn't want to follow anybody's orders.

Most people are sort of against authority. Here's Beetle always challenging authority. I think people relate to it.

I tend to do things without my parents' permission.

The second someone tries to put me in a box, I will do everything to rebel against that.