Quotes About Control

Part of the Brexit debate was about control, having a say over our laws and money and letting politicians stand up for what the people voted for, not signing away our sovereignty.

The British people voted to take back control of our borders, trade, money and laws. They chose a bright future as a free, independent and sovereign country.

There were many reasons why people voted to leave the European Union in 2016. But my impression, having campaigned to remain in the E.U., is that above all else, people throughout this country sought to regain a feeling of control - not just of our laws, but over our lives too, and the people we elect into office.

First of all, it's important to note that the federal government doesn't have the authority to take anybody off of any voter rolls. The states are in control of each of their voter rolls in the 50 states.

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

As a historian, I'm sceptical about conspiracy theories because the world is far too complicated to be managed by a few billionaires drinking scotch behind some closed doors. But I do think that the voters are correct in sensing that they're really losing power. And in reaction, they give the system an angry kick.

Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.

The argument in Labour around full membership of the single market is about whether it can be squared with delivering the desire of many of our voters to gain greater control over immigration. This is a proper concern - Labour must stand for those who voted leave every bit as much as we represent those who voted remain.

My aim was never to seek a force and take power.

We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.

'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director of, because I had an emotional attachment to the whole story. And because of that experience, I feel that I can try other films. I didn't set out to become a director.

Even seemingly innocuous housecleaning robots create maps of your home. That is information you want to make sure you control.

To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.

I own every share of my company, and I don't want to sell any of it.

I've become more sensitive, more open, which is not necessarily good in F1. But if you are able to control your emotions, I think it can be positive.

I got sent off a few times in my life, but I never lost my head. I mistimed tackles, and I made mistakes.

It's only a matter of time before machinery becomes sentient. It's going to happen because we're already slaves to all of it.

Ethics and power are separate.

We try to separate the world into the stuff we can control and the stuff we can't.

A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant.

You kind of live and die by the serve.

The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done.

I'm beginning to think that you should only be allowed to serve two terms, before madness sets in.