Quotes About Control

Theology has suffered - among evangelicals as well as elsewhere - from an undue desire for clarity and control, something to which the often abstract and rarefied distinctions of Scholastic theology have contributed.

Der Staat ist die Einheit eines Systems von Normen, die regeln, unter welchen Bedingungen ein bestimmter Zwang von Mensch zu Mensch geübt werden soll.

Cuando la burguesía ve huir el poder de sus manos, recurre al fascismo para mantenerse. Buenaventura Durruti

Roma ?mparatoru Elagabalus'un, 10.000 fare, 1000 k?r faresi ve 1000 gelincik aras?nda bir dövü? düzenledi?i söylenir. Söylemeye gerek yok, k?r faresi fareyi 'k?r'?p geçirdi, gelincik ikisinin de hakk?ndan geldi.

Man plans. God laughs.

Governments may know a lot more about our lives than we care to contemplate, but frequently they know less about the world than we presume.

Indeed, in 1794, George Washington had not only authorized sending national troops into battle against Pennsylvanians resisting the whiskey tax, he had taken to the field to lead the forces himself. Later, Andrew Jackson had acted boldly to crush South Carolina's attempt to nullify the 1832 tariff.

The more we suppress anger, the more it accumulates.

Worry, on the other hand, is the persistent, nagging, debilitating concern over something you can generally do nothing about.

We live under a system by which the many are exploited by the few, and war is the ultimate sanction of that exploitation.

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.

Management must manage!

We may not ever understand why we suffer or be able to control the forces that cause our suffering, but we can have a lot to say about what suffering does to us, and what sort of people we become because of it. Pain makes some people bitter and envious. It makes others sensitive and compassionate. It is the result, not the cause, of pain that makes some experiences of pain meaningful and others empty and destructive.

Much of the time, we cannot control what happens to us. But we can always control how we respond to what happens to us. If we cannot choose to be lucky, to be talented, to be loved, we can choose to be grateful, to be content with who we are and what we have, and to act accordingly.

God is the light shining in the midst of darkness, not to deny that there is darkness in the world but to reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of the darkness because darkness will always yield to light. As theologian David Griffin puts in, God is all-powerful, His power enables people to deal with events beyond their control and He gives us the strength to do those things because He is with us.

Laws of nature do not make exceptions for nice people. A bullet has no conscience; neither does a malignant tumor or an automobile gone out of control. That is why good people get sick and get hurt as much as anyone.

Well, I think there is always a conflict between the sexes. Women want to dominate men, but men shouldn't let them do that.

Scrawled in lipstick on the living room wall was a cry for help that would become the single most famous serial killer message of the century: "For heavens sake catch me before I kill more. I cannot control myself.

The scene is an early example of a theme that preoccupied Lang throughout his career: the speed at which ordinary, law-abiding citizens can turn into a savage mob.

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.

If you are an approval addict, your behaviour is as easy to control as that of any other junkie. All a manipulator need do is a simple two-step process: Give you what you crave, and then threaten to take it away. Every drug dealer in the world plays this game.

He had been able to repress every disrespectful word; but the flashing eye, the gloomy and troubled brow, were part of a natural language that could not be repressed,-- indubitable signs, which showed too plainly that the man could not become a thing.

Sublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that, for a time, can make flesh and nerve impregnable, and string the sinews like steel, so that the weak become so mighty. The

Sublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that, for a time, can make flesh and nerve impregnable, and string the sinews like steel, so that the weak become so mighty.