Martinet Quotes

On matters of intonation and technicalities I am more than a martinet- I am a martinetissimo. (Leopold Stokowski)
Mr. Llewellyn paused. Mr. Trout had begun to float about the room like something out of Swan Lake, and Mr. Llewellyn disapproved of this. He was apt to be a martinet in his dealings with his legal advisers, demanding that lawyers should behave like lawyers and leave eccentric dancing to the professionals. A man, he held, is either Fred Astaire or he is not Fred Astaire, and if he is not Fred Astaire he should not carry on like him. View quote
Fred Astaire
Everything seemed confused and contradictory, and he longed for one clear command from a divine martinet. View quote
Sinclair Lewis
He is killer and clown, big-hearted buffoon and strutting martinet. View quote
Idi Amin
There are people nowadays who think that Irving was a ranter and a ham; quite true, he was, but in the sense that Alexander the Great was a martinet and a butcher. Ranting and hamming are very necessary accomplishments for a great actor, and he is able to invest them with a greatness which lesser actors cannot approach. View quote
Robertson Davies