Quotes About Control

Tick wanted power. He wanted glory. He wanted war, with himself in command. He had raised his army

Father: And when anger is the boss, you get- Doon: Unintended consequences.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself any-more. Anger is.

We are tanks and guns. We are force of history. We will crush them beneath our heels like bugs.

There was nothing to compare with standing on a piece of land you owned free and clear. No one could push you off it, no one could take it from you, no one could tell you what to do with it.

There was nothing to compare with standing on a ice of land you owned free and clear. No one could push you off it, no one could take it from you, no one could tell you what to do with it.

I was torturing the fire, giving it life, and snuffing it out.

Sometimes the so-called law is nothing but the haves telling the have-nots to stay in their place.

I found the gas, he said. Now all's I need to do is find the brake.

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, Dad said: They love the freighter people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.

not this lords-of-the-earth crap, trying to rule the entire goddamn planet, cutting down all the forests and killing every creature you couldn't bring to heel.

Dad said something about freaks of nature, and Mom called Dad a Mr. Know-It-All Smarty-Pants who refused to believe that she was special. Dad said something about Jesus H. Christ on a goddamn crutch not taking that much time to gestate. Mom got upset at Dad's blasphemy, reached her foot over to the driver's side, and stomped on the brake.

Freedom of the press belongs to anyone who owns one

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.

Freedom is what we do with what is done to us

Once Right has taken hold of a man exorcism cannot drive it out.

Faire souffrir c'est posséder et créer tout autant que détruire.

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy of a thousand accidents.

What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is wishy-washy and says, "What did you think?"

The head governs, the heart assists, the body acts.

People without leverage work for those with leverage.

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W's you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it.