Authority Dynamics Analyst Gifts

'Mr. Donovan, is it all right if I tie my shoelace?'

"But can't I be feared and loved?"

'The portrait is a mark of his extreme egotism, but, if you curtsy and bow sufficiently...say, 'Oh Yes Sir!'!, to everything he says, you should do OK'

Skeptic Tank.

Stop saying 'You're the boss' I KNOW I'm the boss!

Off Duty.

"What's on my schedule today, Fred?"

"Are you talking down to me, Evans? Because I don't like it when people talk down to me."

"Mom, Dad, this is Kevin, our new ombudsman."

"My wife and I handle our own finances. I'm an accountant and she's a grief counselor."

"I like to keep things simple."

"I want to know why when I'm in a room people ignore me."

(Phil Hanson and the Philettes)

"Nothing personal, I just wanted to see if I still had it."

"So what kind of mood is he in?"

'One businessman's lunch and one lackey's lunch.'

Continental marshal

'Women, can't live with 'em, can't live without em.'

Abstraction and recognition

'If you're a public servant, what does that make ME?'

"Who has the most power... the president or his wife?"

"Make up one for the office that says 'Hard Head Area'."

'I can't help politicizing everything!'

'Your mum and I are thinking about giving your power of attorney...' - 'Yes! Yes! Yes! I'm rich! Rich!' - '...and now, strangely, I'm having second thoughts.'

'Your opinions are a rephrasing of my opinions. I like that in a subordinate.'

'I tried to get him to reinvent himself, but he said he couldn't get a patent.'

Chair Policy

'Boy, look at his personal space!'

"I married a girl with two mums and ended up with two mothers-in-law."

"It occurs to me, Engelhardt, that I've never truly tested the limits of my power."

'There's a car in my parking spot! Torch it!'

'He's really OK, except for the power trips.'