Quotes About Control

A husband who submits to his wifes yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A womans influence ought to be entirely concealed.

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world.

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

There's nothing so fearsome as the revolt of a sheep," said de Marsay.

Unluckily, Governments cannot be enlightened, and a Government which regards itself as a diffuser of light is the least open to enlightenment.

Women always persuade men they have made into sheep that they are lions with a will of iron.

I did not know that bureaucracy could send its claws into our very coffins

There is still a way to harmonize all interests," said Solonet, uttering this sentence in a high falsetto tone, which silenced the other three and drew their eyes and their attention upon himself. This young man was not unlike a skilful coachman who holds the reins of four horses, and amuses himself by first exciting his animals and then subduing them.

Papa, me demanda-t-il, les riches sont les plus forts en ce monde ? – Oui, Ilioucha, il n'y a pas plus puissant que le riche.

What is life, my dear fellow, if you let a woman be the whole of it? A boat you can't command,

Power brings its own legitimacy.

It's what you do to yourself when you go mad with rage. You have no idea how much you can hurt yourself with your own strength.

It was like she was thinking, How far can I go with this? How much more can I fit in my life without losing control?

Their arguments always went like this. The angrier Madeline got, the more freakishly calm Ed became, until he reached a point where he sounded like a hostage negotiator dealing with a lunatic and a ticking bomb. It was infuriating.

Their mother had that look of controlled impatience she used to get when her children fought and she didn't have time to properly lose her temper because she had things to do.

It looked like girls were controlled by their feelings but the opposite was true. Girls had excellent control of their feelings. They spun them around like batons: Now I'm crying! Now I'm laughing! Who knows what I'll do next! Not you! A boy's emotions were like baseball bats that blindsided him.

she thought about that too much and all it implied she could tap into a great well of rage, so she didn't think about it. That was the secret of a happy marriage: step away from the rage.

It looked like girls were controlled by their feelings but the opposite was true. Girls had excellent control of their feelings. They spun them around like batons: Now I'm crying! Now I'm laughing! Who know what I'll do next! Not you! A boy's emotions were like baseball bats that blindsided them.

There was nothing wrong with the color. He'd call back the next day and say it was fine. He'd just needed to feel powerful for a few minutes. One of the younger hotshots had just made him feel inferior in a meeting.

still beat him on the court. His father knew his strengths, his weaknesses, his strategies. Logan was powerless

If parents had children who were good sleepers, they assumed this was due to their good parenting, not good luck. They followed the rules, and the rules had been proven to work.

Didn't the stupid man realize that he no longer had the power to send anyone to their room?

She looked at her nine guests, all of whom had their eyes obediently closed as they waited her instructions. Their destinies were in her hands. She was going to change them not just temporarily, but forever.

never got drunk like that again. I'm too much of a control freak to have other people falling about laughing while they describe my own actions to me.