Authority

Explore 5 quotes about Authority

What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can’t reach.

Cool Hand Luke

Watch Cool Hand Luke at Amazon Watch Cool Hand Luke at Amazon

More information about this quote

Topic

Communication The man Authority

Speaker

Captain

Actor

Strother Martin

Source

Cool Hand Luke

Medium

Film

Genre

Prison drama (film) Drama (film) Prison drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cool Hand Luke. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg, Jalem Productions, 1967.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Albert Einstein

More information about this quote

Topic

Authority Deference Rebellion

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Letters of Albert Einstein

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Einstein, Albert. "To Jost Winteler." The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, vol. 1: The Early Years, 1879-1902, English Translation Supplement, translated by Anna Beck. Princeton University Press, 1987, no. 115. Originally from Letter to Jost Winteler, 8 July 1901.

This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law.

Remember the Titans

Watch Remember the Titans at Amazon Watch Remember the Titans at Amazon

More information about this quote

Topic

Authoritarianism Authority

Speaker

Coach Herman Boone

Actor

Denzel Washington

Source

Remember the Titans

Genre

Sports (film) Biography (film) Sports Biography

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Remember the Titans. Directed by Boaz Yakin, Technical Black Films/Jerry Bruckheimer Films/Walt Disney Pictures, 2000.

Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Watch The Treasure of the Sierra Madre at Amazon Watch The Treasure of the Sierra Madre at Amazon

More information about this quote

Topic

Authority Police Law enforcement

Speaker

Gold Hat

Actor

Alfonso Bedoya

Source

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros.-First National, 1948.

You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken.

The Matrix

Watch The Matrix at Amazon Watch The Matrix at Amazon

More information about this quote

Topic

Resisting authority Authority The man

Speaker

Rhineheart

Actor

David Aston

Source

The Matrix

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Matrix. Directed by The Wachowskis. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures, 1999.