Subordinate Role Quotes

Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.

My return to public life in a subordinate station is disagreeable to my family, and disapproved by some of my friends.

It doesn't come naturally to me, being the boss and telling people what I want. I find it very taxing and tiring. I love getting to be way down the line in the decision-making chain.

Some coaches prefer players who will just do whatever he tells them to. It's like, if you're at school with a load of 10-year-old boys and you tell them to jump, everyone will start to jump. But the intelligent boy will ask, 'Why should I jump? Why?' That can be difficult for a lot of coaches, and I understand that.

I can't speak on behalf of the show. I'm not a creator; I'm just a pawn.

An attorney general's duty is to render her opinion and honest advice; she cannot set herself up as a judge overruling the president's decision. The president need not 'convince' his subordinate that his decision reflects the best view of the law.

If Mr. Monroe should ever fill the Chair of Government, he may let the French Minister frame his Speeches.... There is abundant evidence of his being a mere tool in the hands of the French government

For if from the vantage point of a particular class the totality of existing society is not visible; if a class thinks the thoughts imputable to it and which bear upon its interests right through to their logical conclusion and yet fails to strike at the heart of that totality, then such a class is doomed to play only a subordinate role.

I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.

I had never been in charge of anything. I'd always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I'd never been in charge of an organization.

He's the president. I'm the general. Unless I want to get impeached, I got to do what he says.

It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

I think Hadley is to Rice as Scowcroft was to Kissinger; not inclined to think or act independently.

In a totalitarian system the de facto number 2 man is an unenviable position…. Often times the life of the number 2 man is short and precarious.

I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.

I think Dwight loves being number two. I don't think he has any desire to be number one. He wants to be number two no matter where he goes. It's like Avis. 'We try harder.' That's Dwight.

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.

I view the director as my boss. I'm the pawn on the chess board. I don't say something to the director easily, because they are my boss.

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.

I was my father's sidekick, in a way. He was a very dominant, forceful character.

I turn over a lot of money for a lot of people and I'm the smallest fish in it.

I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two.

Vice president is the bridesmaid, and nobody cares about you. Nobody wants you. You're just in the way. You're there to play a subsidiary role. You're like the middle child or the poor relation.

The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm

I'm a great company actor, a great supporting actor. I serve the piece.