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'

Suzie would later win a Nobel Prize for her Law of Special Social Relativity.

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."

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

"So what kind of mood is he in?"

(Phil Hanson and the Philettes)

Continental marshal

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

Abstraction and recognition

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

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

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

'I can't help politicizing everything!'

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

'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.'

Bill's new strap-on steer horns helped give him more clout at the office.

'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

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

Bloody Little Hitler

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

'Boy, look at his personal space!'

"Nice touch, Jenkins. I like a man who salutes."

"Ya gotta obey the rules otherwise there's anarchy!"