Authority quotes

“- Lt. Coffey: Let's get something straight. You people are under my authority.
- Catfish De Vries: Look, partner, we don't work for you. We don't take orders from you. And we don't much like you.”
Michael Biehn - Lt. Coffey
Leo Burmester - Catfish De Vries

“Aren't we supposed to question authority?”
River Phoenix - Danny Pope

“Sergeant Manning has an excellent innate understanding of battlefield conditions. His ability to react to aggressive situations is unmatched by anybody in the company. His disrespect for authority is unable to hide his ability to lead. I strongly suggest that he be considered for the next platoon leader when and if the situation presents itself.”
Dwight Yoakam - Lieutenant Colonel

“- Jason Melon: Dad, what's goin' on here?
- Thornton Melon: I'm doin' my homework.
- Jason Melon: No, no, no, no, they're doing your homework.
- Thornton Melon: Jason, a good executive knows how to delegate authority.”

Keith Gordon - Jason Melon
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon

“I'm a civilian, not a trout - you have no authority over me whatsoever.”

Oliver Platt - Hector Cyr

“He's a recognized authority figure: I mean, he's supposed to be lied to!”
Zach Lipovsky - Funnel Head

“- Michael Zane: Finish your fries.
- Jesse Waingrow: You can't tell me what to do. You're not my dad.
- Michael Zane: Didn't anybody ever tell you about starving kids in Africa?
- Jesse Waingrow: Why? Are you gonna send them my fries?”
Kurt Russell - Michael Zane
David Kaye - Jesse Waingrow

“You set up Mr. Krabs. You stole the crown so Neptune would freeze him and you could finally get your stubby paws on the Krabby Patty formula. It was you all along. But you made one fatal mistake. You messed with my paycheck and I'm gonna report you to the highest authority in the land, King Neptune!”

Rodger Bumpass - Squidward

“My mom always says that being boss and being bossy aren't the same.”
Lea Thompson - Kathryn Fairly

“See? That's federal property. This isn't. This is L.A. This is my town. Out here you're a trespasser. Out here I can pick you up, burn your house, fuck your wife, and kill your dog.”

Nick Nolte - Hoover

“- Jack Ryan: I didn't sign up for this. This is someone's bullshit political agenda. Who authorized this? Cutter?
- Ritter: Cutter couldn't tie his own shoes without permission.”
Harrison Ford - Jack Ryan
Henry Czerny - Ritter

“- Jesse: Who said you could touch my necklace?
- Elvis: The President of the United States, he announced it on TV.”
Jason James Richter - Jesse
Francis Capra - Elvis

“We are not questioning your authority, sir, but if manners prevent our speaking the truth, we will be without manners.”
John Loder - Ianto

“- Kenny O'Donnell: That's going to be tough, you know how these guys are about their chains of command.
- John F. Kennedy: Listen, you tell 'em those chains of command end at one place: me.”

Kevin Costner - Kenny O'Donnell
Bruce Greenwood - John F. Kennedy

“These people are the dregs, Jack. Not even the governments can control them!”

Charlotte Rampling - Kate

“I am opposed to authority. It is an egg of misery and oppression.”
Paul Bettany - Dr. Stephen Maturin, Surgeon

“- The Postman: It takes one postman to make someone else a postman.
- Ford Lincoln Mercury: Sorta like vampires, huh?”
Kevin Costner - The Postman
Larenz Tate - Ford Lincoln Mercury

“I'm marshal here, but my authority ends at the edge of town. There's no one to fight the outlaws outside the township unless he's got nerve enough to do it on his own hook - like the Black Whip!”

Jack Kirk - Marshal Wetherby

“- Dan Packard: I'm the works around here and I'll give you orders what to do!
- Kitty Packard: Who do you think you're talking to? That first wife of yours out in Montana?”
Jean Harlow - Dan Packard
Wallace Beery - Kitty Packard

“- Dr. Peter Elliot: What are they laughing at?
- Captain Monroe Kelly: I just told them I am in charge.
- Dr. Peter Elliot: What's so funny about that?
- Captain Monroe Kelly: I'm black. I should be carrying luggage on my head.”
Dylan Walsh - Dr. Peter Elliot
Ernie Hudson - Captain Monroe Kelly

“- Dr. Niles: He had the right qualifications.
- Pete Blanchard: Such as?
- Dr. Niles: He was the only one crazy enough to do it.
- Pete Blanchard: Let me tell you about Pendleton: he could have been one of the best, but he hates authority, can't take orders, and likes to make up his own rules.”

Mark L. Taylor - Dr. Niles
Harold Sylvester - Pete Blanchard

“- John Proctor: These are heavy books.
- Reverand Hale: Well, they should be. They're weighted with authority.”
Daniel Day-Lewis - John Proctor
Rob Campbell - Reverend Hale

“- Avon Rose: When I was in high school, I knew how things work.
- Caitlin Rose: Yeah, you knew how things work? Knocked up at seventeen, high school dropout. That makes you an authority.”
Isabella Hofmann - Avon Rose
Tiffani Thiessen - Caitlin Rose

“Symphony Sid. By the powers vested in me by the Federal Communications Commission, I command you to get on the microphone in a serious manner and continue this broadcast.”
Richard Portnow - Ben Stern

“- Jack Ryan: The people in those camps know probably better than we do exactly what time the satellite's going to pass overhead. And Marty... unless you authorize us to retask those satellites so we can get a look before they're overhead from the side, we are never gonna know which camp they're at.
- Marty Cantor: Jack, do you have any idea how...” (continue)(continue reading)
Harrison Ford - Jack Ryan
J.E. Freeman - Marty Cantor