Quotes About Control

When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.

Power comes from the muzzle of a gun, those that have the guns have the power, those that have the power dictate what type of government their shall be.

Power ... is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.

Surveillance of power is one of the most important ways to ensure that power does not abuse its status. But, of course, power does not like to be watched.

Power is of its nature evil, whoever wields it.

Boys are still led to believe that power is associated with domination.

It's human nature to abuse power, no matter who you are.

There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it belongs than I.

Don't lose sight of the fact that hip and legs drive the horse forward and the hands merely channel this power by gentle rein aids.

Sane, normal people don't need power trips. So the lunatics end up in charge of everything.

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

Painting isn't a question of sensibility; it's a matter of seizing the power, taking over from nature, not expecting her to supply you with information and good advice.

Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.

The factors that make work life stressful and overwhelming mostly include the lack of control over critical variables in your job, especially being marginalized from decision making.

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

Politics is applesauce.

There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around

Thank God we don't get all the government we pay for.

If our family was an airline, Mom was the hub and we were the spokes. You rarely went anywhere nonstop; you went via Mom, who directed the traffic flow and determined the priorities: which family member was cleared for takeoff or landing. Even my father was not immune to Mom's scheduling, though he was given more leeway than the rest of us.

That's the point, Will. You can't control the beatings. But maybe you can have some control over your happiness.

That's the point, Will. You can't control the beatings. But maybe you can have some control over your happiness. As long as he can, well then, he still has something worth living for. And when he's no longer able, he knows he's done all he can.

I'm an anarchist. I'm implacably opposed to heirarchical systems of power and control. I also mistrust crowds, as they often operate according to their lowest common denominator. In terms of evolutionary psychology, the crowd is very close to a herd of stampeding wildebeest.