Quotes About Control

Forgiveness is not forgetting; it is simply denying your pain the right to control your life.

Fate rules, Eve. You follow the steps, and you plan and you work, then fate slips in laughing and makes fools of us

Would you want to rule the world? Eve asked Roarke. Or even the country? Good God, no. Too much work for too little remuneration, and very little time left over to enjoy your kingdom. He glanced over. I much prefer owning as much of the world as humanly possible. But running it? No thanks.

Place the lives of children in their formative years, despite the convictions of their parents, under the intimate control of experts appointed by the state, force them to attend schools where the higher aspirations of humanity are crushed out, and where the mind is filled with the materialism of the day, and it is difficult to see how even the remnants of liberty can subsist.

In Coetzee's eyes, we human beings will never abandon politics because politics is too convenient and too attractive as a theatre in which to give play to our baser emotions.

Words have power. Names are power. Never give that shit away for free.

And if you're wondering why no always trumps yes, it's because when you're married it takes two to say yes but only one to say no. Besides, there's no risk in saying no. No means everything stays the same, you're in control, and you don't feel like you've lost out on anything. No is safe, no is always safe, but saying yes is dangerous because anything can happen.

Our sense of humor is a gift from God that should be controlled as well as cultivated. Clean, wholesome humor will relax tension and relieve difficult situations. Leaders can use it to displace tension with a sense of normal.

He cleared his throat and reminded himself that if you pissed Her Holiness off, they'd need barbecue tongs to pick up your steaming pieces.

Don't trust me. Don't like me. I could give a shit. But don't you ever lie to me." He took a deep breath, as if he were drawing her into him. "I can smell the sex coming off you right now. I could take you down on this sidewalk and be up that skirt of yours in a heartbeat. And you wouldn't fight me, would you?" No, she probably wouldn't.

Why would I kill someone I don't know, when I know so many people who irritate me, and havent't killed any of them?

I will give you more pain than you can imagine. Your brains will leak out of your ears, and your bowels out of your ass. I will cause that to happen without leaving a mark, and every cop here will swear you died of natural causes.

You know, darling, if caffeine ever makes it to the illegals list, you're going to have to register as an addict." "They try to make coffee an illegal, I'll kill them all, and it won't be an issue.

I don't like the idea of you shivering unless I cause it. Stay warm.

You will be expected to obey orders, or this appointment can and will be terminated. Again, at the discretion of the primary. We run this by the book. I've always wondered. How many pages are in that book of yours? And smart mouthing to the primary can result in disciplinary action. Darling. You know how that excites me.

I expected to have some tags from reporters, but I'm clear there so far. I've had all inquiries from media rerouted to my office. She narrowed her eyes You can do that? I can. Why don't you always do that?

I can't be in your place as I don't have a fat, knocked-up ass to sit on. Yeah, you asked me for a major, and if you want to come through on it, you'll sit down, shut up, and let me work. Bitch.

I read this article about how what you wear under your clothes is all about what makes you feel empowered and in control. It's the Under You.

Drop the fucking weapon, you fucking motherfucker or I'll fucking scramble your fucking brains. Hands up! Hands where I can fucking see them, you fucking cocksucker. You fucking breathe wrong, you fucking blink wrong, and I will fuck you up.

He coordinated his socks and underwear, she commented when Peabody came back in. Colors and patterns. Who does that, and why? I read this article about how what you wear under your clothes is all about what makes you feel empowered and in control. It's the Under You. If wearing matching boxers and socks make you feel empowered, you're a weenie.

That works for now. Eve's stomach began to clench and jitter. There were tears swimming in her aide's eyes. Peabody's lips were quivering. What are you doing? she demanded. Nothing. Sir. How come you're going to cry? You know how I feel about crying on the job. I'm not crying. And it appalled her that she was on the edge of it. I just don't feel very well, that's all. I wonder, sir, if I could be excused from the briefing at sixteen hundred.

if caffeine ever makes it to the illegals list, you're going to have to register as an addict.

It's a mistake to be too much one of your own as they'll never see you as fully in charge.

You'd enjoy flying more if you'd learn the controls." "I'd rather pretend I'm on the ground." Roarke sent her a quick smile. "And how many vehicles have you wrecked, had blown up, or destroyed in the last, oh, two years?" "Think about that, then imagine it happening when I'm at the wheel at thirty thousand feet." "Good point. I'll do the flying." "Do that, ace.