Quotes About Control

I have no desire to be dominated. Honestly I don't. And yet I find myself becoming angry when I'm not.

Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one.

Because if I tell the story, I control the version. Because if I tell the story, I can make you laugh, and I would rather have you laugh at me than feel sorry for me. Because if I tell the story, it doesn't hurt as much. Because if I tell the story, I can get on with it.

Las personas que fueron tienen un inmenso poder sobre ti —tardarás cuarenta años en comprarte un abrigo rojo (y te lo pondrás solo una vez)—, mientras que las personas en las que se han convertido no tienen el más mínimo poder sobre ti.

Somethings in life are out of your control. you can make it a party or a tragedy. Or, you could refuse to take the next step. You could refuse to take what you wanted most because you're afraid some day you might lose it.

I know what it is to be pushed in a direction you don't want to go, or one you're not ready for. People say they know what's best for you. Maybe sometimes it's true. But it doesn't matter if they keep pushing until they take your choices away.

Kissing Red must've killed off some of your brain cells, Ryder decided. You can tell a woman what to do---if you play it right---and maybe, maybe half the time she'd do it, or something close to it. That's a live woman. A dead one? I figure that's closer to zero.

If I can make you unhappy, then I can make you happy as well.

She stepped closer to the edge to watch the waves beat against rock. She felt that way, she mused. Battered by forces that were beyond her control, lapped in a violent, endless war with no choice but to stand.

I figure if you've got to take someone down or set them straight, you might as well enjoy it on some level. Malcom

could never explain it to anyone, the way a fear can live inside you. The way it dictates how you think and how you act, what you say, what you don't dare say.

I don't allow my child to drink carbonated sugar! Well, bless your heart. With that eyebrow arch for Charlotte, Lily took Cate's hand. Guess who's not in charge today?

She'd never been taken before, he realized. Not like this, where her surrender was complete, not when she couldn't separate some small part of herself to reach for control. And God, he wanted to take her, to destroy that fascinating and innate control.

But I did it because you can't constantly be afraid of what might happen. If you do, you lose control of what is happening, and all the joy and pain it holds for you

try to avoid panic because it leads to chaos, which leads to accidents. You get hurt that way.

Compassion - she was allowed to feel compassion, but not anger.

the dogs growled and snapped. Snarling herself

Temper can spark power.

Drunkenness is a voluntary madness.' Can't think right off who said that, but it rings true.

People like to say they've given somebody a choice when what they're really saying is 'do this my way.

But I did it because you can't constantly be afraid of what might happen. If you do, you lose control of what is happening, and all the joy and pain it holds for you.

With great power comes great responsibility

He knows that, too. All of it. He feeds on their rage and fears. The weaker minds, so many, he uses. Whispering threats, promises in equal measure. Worship me, bow to me, and I will one day grant you your vengeance.

Destiny was something that couldn't be outmaneuvered.