Quotes About Control

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

When politicians don black robes and seize powers they do not have, they should be called out for what they are - usurpers and petty tyrants.

I don't want to be any kind of producer at all - hands-on or otherwise! I feel producing is a very difficult job and creates ulcers! Maybe some people would like to have a certain amount of control; not me. It's too much stress and includes managing everybody's egos... handling my own is enough!

I don't have ulcers; I give them.

My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'

Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.

The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial.

The ultimate end of any ideology is totalitarianism.

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

I'm not stupid enough to think that I can deal with another 10 or 15 years of major exposure. I think that is the ultimate tragedy of fame... People who are simply out of control, who are lost. I've seen so many of them, and I don't want to be another cliche.

The Queen is the ultimate dictator.

I've done a few interviews where I realized that 9/11 was the ultimate home invasion, not to be glib about it. You know, where the place that you think is safe and the people that you think are safe and far from evil are suddenly just slaughtered by it, and you have no control over it.

President Hindenburg had ultimate say over whether the government would survive or not.

As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment.

Guns are the ultimate bulwark against government misbehavior.

Well, I haven't signed anything giving people the right to do anything they want with my image, you know what I mean. I have the ultimate say.

Never put the investor in the ultimate position of power.

The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.

The only ultimate power you have as a human being is over your choice to live or die. Everything else is chaos. If you try and think you have control over some of your life, essentially, that's the only real control you have, is whether you decide to exist.

The individual who signs the check has the ultimate power.

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.

Ultimately, there is no entity called 'government'; there are only people forming themselves into groups called 'governments' and acting in a 'governmental' manner.

It's no secret that the environmental movement is ultimately designed to create new inroads into increased government control. All of the shots taken at emissions, the dependence on fossil fuels, and noise pollution are designed to paint those things as symptoms of a problem, with the government able to step in as the solution.

Taking control of your own creation, you can ultimately affect your future.