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Quotes About Control

Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!
~ Bruce Lee
The knight of QB3 is under obligation, the moment the enemy gives him the chance, of undertaking an invasion of the center by Kn-Q5.
~ Aron Nimzowitsch
Every high C accurately struck demolishes the theory that we are the irresponsible puppets of fate or chance.
~ W. H. Auden
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
~ John Calvin
In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated.
~ Emanuel Lasker
All chance, direction, which thou canst not see
~ Alexander Pope
All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't.
~ Charles Bukowski
We can't control forces of nature. But we can control what comes afterward. We have a chance to start fresh.
~ Unknown
Human beings being what they are, order spreads, given half a chance, almost as fast as confusion.
~ Samuel R. Delany
We live by choice, not by chance.
~ Hal Urban
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested destroys its chance of revenge.
~ Seneca the Younger
Your destiny is shaped by choice, never by chance. Beware the decisions you make, no matter how small, for they will be your salvation...or your death.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Can anyone alter fate? All of us combined... or one great figure... or someone strategically placed, who happens to be in the right spot. Chance. Accident. And our lives, our world, hanging on it.
~ Philip K. Dick
I think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance.
~ Venus Williams
We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.
~ Ray Bradbury
The proposal is the only thing that the guy has control over in the entire wedding deal. It is your one chance to make this moment stand out, not only for you, but for her.
~ Drew Seeley
We are never angry because of what others say or do. It is our thinking that makes us angry.
~ Marshall B. Rosenberg
Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems.
~ John Rosemond
The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control.
~ Shimon Peres
People don't make us angry, how we think makes us angry.
~ Marshall B. Rosenberg
When we're each aware of our own Magnificence, we don't feel the need to control others, and we won't allow ourselves to be controlled.
~ Anita Moorjani
Misery is the end of those with unbridled mouths.
~ Euripides
It will allow us to control all the communication needs of a household with one device.
~ John C. Malone
Two people cannot be alone together for upwards of half an hour without one emerging as the superior.
~ Lord Chesterfield