Quotes About Control

Fear begets fear. Power begets power.

Ale tob? nemoci nevadí, využíváš je jen jako záminku k regulaci prostituce.

The nature of war is to shape the enemy.

Self-interest is the only constant in life, and murder is always preferred to impotence. —Childermass

Kate had attended a Presbyterian church with her family in Norfolk; she'd heard how the God of Moses could flip out and go pretty damn nuts when things didn't turn out His way.

Straining against her leash, the puppy tried to go a hundred different ways at once.

Few people in the world get to hit their bosses but those who do will tell you it is better than sex.

On the court our occasional touches meant little. In the room, her jostling me felt electric. I wanted to grab her tight, but didn't. I didn't want a scene like last time.

they drive your nation, but just as a hired driver drives a bus. The driver cannot start believing he owns the bus. The driver should also know that if he doesn't drive well, he will be removed.

What's the point of getting people free only to put restrictions on them?

Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.

I just wish my mouth had a backspace key.

We are merely the stars' tennis-balls, struck and banded Which way please them...

You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.

The greatest task before civilisation at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men; and if civilisation fails at the task, then without doubt it and its makers will go down to a common destruction.

It's your body. Tell it what to do.

The power of the mind is your power. Use it. Don't let it use you.

The past does not have the power to undermine your future. Only you can do that.

Time kept passing without my consent.

And man watches his ingenious clock and his makeshift calendar and ticks off the days, wondering where time goes. Cherishing life, metering it out for himself in bits and pieces, hoping thus to control it.

Time doesn't tick it doesn't tock — it flows relentless it is we who chop its water with our oars

My Feet they haul me Round the House, They Hoist me up the Stairs; I only have to Steer them, and They Ride me Everywhere!

War. The dark time of valour, loss and hope where a man is controlled by his gun; where a gun is controlled by his hatred. Completely uncontrollable.

If you wish to keep your affairs secret, drink no wine.