Quotes / Hat of Authority

Leaders wear hats. It's to keep the rain off while we make important decisions.

—Skulduggery Pleasant, Skulduggery Pleasant

Y'know what, I can't bring up my kids in a church whose authority system is based entirely on the size of fuckin' hats, okay? That's apparently how the Catholic church is run. The bigger the hat, the more important the guy, right?! Priests have no hats, Cardinals have those little red beanies, the Pope has a collection of big hats. God must have a huge fuckin' sombrero up there in heaven, huh? "Look at me, I'm God! Look at the size of my hat, who else would I be?!" "I don't know, lead singer of Los Lobos? I don't know! You tell me!"

—Denis Leary, Lock 'n' Load

Rogal Dorn: So this is the Supreme Overlord.
Emperor: Did his razor throne give it away?
Rogal Dorn: His hat is huge and horrible and looks like a lobster. Eldar always flaunt their importance by wearing easily sniped headwear.

—If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device

But what captured the attention of all the onlookers was the hat — peaked and magnificent, with a crimson plume arching back over her shoulder, the hat of a true sailor. It alone looked like it could command a ship.

—Glorious Echeladder Ascension Technique

Boris Dolokhov: Er, yes, Master Gilgamesh?
Gilgamesh Wulfenbach: Yes! That's me! Of course it's me! Who else could ever wear so majestic and commanding a hat?
Boris: Um, surely no one, sir?
Gil: Good! So we are all agreed that I am, in fact, me?
Boris: Well, yes. Of course.
Gil: GOOD! (grabs a nearby underling) YOU!
Underling: Eep!
(Gil shoves the hat into his hands)
Gil: Take this. Hide it in a safe place and never speak of it again.

—Girl Genius

Pakled Rebel: The Big-Helmeted Pakleds will no longer control us! Oooh... (picks up the dead Pakled Emperor's giant helmet) I am now Pakled Leader! Behold my giant helmet!
(the assembled Pakleds bow)
Pakled: He is strong!

Star Trek: Lower Decks, "The Spy Humongous"

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