Mark Goulston Quotes

I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.

The man is meant to be the alpha in the relationship on the money and power front.

Childhood bullying was a big part of my life.

I've always been comfortable with people who run things, whether it was the principal of my high school or the president of the university.

The difference between men and women seems to be this: I can argue with my promoter downstairs, accuse him of ripping me off, and 20 minutes later we'll be playing golf together. With a lady, the same argument can go on for, like, years.

People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures.

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

Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.

I remember when I first walked into Mayer's cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he could really study everything about you.

My parents made it clear that I should never display even the slightest disrespect to individuals who had the power to let me skip a half grade or move into more challenging classes. While it was all right for me to know more about a topic than my sixth-grade teacher had ever learned, questioning her facts could only lead to trouble.

Nobody is strong-minded around a President…

In the larger life of society, the people are made to submit to the orders of those who were originally meant to serve them—the government and its agents.

Part of understanding power is understanding the limits of power.

Not every problem someone has with his girlfriend is necessarily due to the capitalistic mode of production.

White men have too many chiefs.

The oppressed find in the oppressors their model of 'manhood.'

It was traumatic for my children to see the British army en masse coming into our home and searching the house. I recall on one occasion, when our home was raided, my youngest son was standing at the top of the stairs - he would probably have been only three years of age - in his pyjamas. The soldiers came up the stairs, and he peed himself.

I only want to debate people who are more powerful than I am.

A state of shock is what results when a gap opens up between events and our initial ability to explain them. When we find ourselves in that position, without a story, without our moorings, a great many people become vulnerable to authority figures telling us to fear one another and relinquish our rights for the greater good.

Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control. And it didn't have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realized that you either became a power or you were crushed.

To a British politician, a police officer is as invisible as the railings.

There was imbalance with my first husband just by the given of our 29-year age difference and the difficulty of me being this unformed, enthusiastic young woman and he already completely in place being the leader of the country.

In social settings, under the guise of joking, being collegial, flirting, or having a good time, I undoubtedly caused some women to question themselves, retreat, feel alone, and worry they can't be their authentic selves.

If I see a cop, it's not like, 'Oh, there's a cop who's gonna keep me safe.' It's more, 'There's a cop who might be having a bad day, so don't make eye contact.'

Violence is violence. Trauma is trauma. And we are taught to downplay it, even think about it as child's play.