Quotes About Control

Women scholars have conducted research over the past forty years hoping to find evidence of some societies in which women controlled political power. They have not found evidence for any such matriarchies.

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with irrational fear of life become publishers.

the Controller, blond, fattish, and a little bald, lunching tête-à-tête with the head of the Export Department, one of the few other permanent Civil Servants in the Control. In their neat, black suits, and with their serious, aloof expressions, they contrived to bring into their incongruous surroundings an indefinable atmosphere of Whitehall.

It is hideous to contemplate such things occurring in a department under my control," he said. "But what can one expect with the material at one's command? The temporary civil servant is the bane of government in war-time.

Sono gli impiegati che inventano, in fin dei conti, tutte queste scartoffie [i passaporti] per avvelenare la vita agli uomini, e le loro disposizioni non vanno prese troppo sul serio.

I sense a learning: that much dumber people than you end up in charge.

She smiled and said she enjoyed making wills; she said, 'It amuses me to change things about'. As I told you before, it gave her a feeling of power. She could make one person happy and another person miserable with a stroke of her pen.

Engineering is a predictive science, not a manipulative art.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

Reality is shaped by the forces that destroy it.

She was a little frightened in anticipation and a little frightened when the test came, but fortunately she was in control of her fear. She pushed it into a corner of her mind and barricaded it in. This left her mind perfectly clear and free to function properly. Of course, one had to keep an eye on the barricade, though Frances, smiling to herself at the absurd simile; one had to see that it was holding firm and keeping the fear-beast from bursting out and making a nuisance of itself . . .

It was because she was too yielding, too frightened of unpleasant scenes, that she had allowed herself to be dominated and repressed.

Of all the idiotic laws!" exclaimed Guy, when Annie had gone to fetch it. "Of all the damned silly, fussy, old-womanish laws! I don't know what we're coming to. We're supposed to be fighting for freedom, aren't we? If this is a free country, why can't you turn round without being throttled by red tape? Why can't you get a drink when you need one?

Clocks need a man to keep them in proper subjection.)

Never make the first move." - Loor (The Rivers of Zadaa)

There will be no more protest. No more dissension. No more violence. There will be only one voice. The voice of Ravinia. The voice of Halla. Your voice." "There goes freedom of speech." I said Alexnder Naymeer and Bobby Pendragon, Raven Rise, Page 458

Squinting made me feel as if I had control over how much of it I would see at first.

Bond in 'Goldeneye' is pretty much a set character. To be honest, he's another version of Connery, and Connery was terrific. How many submarines can you blow up? How many control rooms are evaporating?

Messi is an extraterrestrial in every sense, and I'm very fortunate that I was able to enjoy the best, or one of the best, versions of him. Without a doubt, he's the number one, and to be that, you have to control every aspect and be very strong physically.

I never had trouble within the audition room. That is a room that I control. So while I certainly experienced versions of what Titus Andromedon was going through, I never experienced the self-doubt.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

There are many benefits to a sports entity breaking news directly to their recipients: the entity has full control over the message and how it is shared versus previously relying on a media outlets to translate or distribute as they choose. Also, there's no quicker place for valuable information to spread than Twitter.

I've really learned over the years how to control my adrenaline and let it all out when they shoot the gun versus letting the crowd and the lights and the camera get to me.