Quotes About Control

I'm using my own pain." Ziede's eyes narrowed. "It's not nearly as likely to destroy your consciousness and enslave you to the Hierarch's Well, but it's hardly an inexhaustible source." Kai huffed a laugh, though it wasn't funny. "Isn't it?" Ziede bit her lip and he could see she knew he was right. "You're taking all the fun out of killing a Hierarch's High Expositor and stealing his power, Kai.

Oh, don't make me fight you with words, cousin. It will get out of hand, as once started I lose the will to stop.

I'm programmed to help humans." Eyebrow lift again. "You're not programmed to watch media." She had a point.

Yes, I'm fine, I'd sent her over the feed. It's a good thing I don't bleed like a human because hostile marine fauna was about all this situation needed. I've got everything under fucking control, okay. "No, it says it's fine," I heard her relaying to the others on our comm. "Well, yes, it's furious.")

Attacker is still pulling us toward the wormhole," Mihail announced on comm, not sounding too much like someone who was restraining the urge to scream a little.

I was getting tired of being told what to do. Self-determination was a pain in the ass sometimes but it beat the alternative by a lot.

being in control of the situation was really important because otherwise it was in control of me

I was not in control of this situation and I could see at least ten instances now where I'd made wrong decisions and being in control of the situation was really important because otherwise it was in control of me and that felt like a short step to being back in the company's control.

I went up on ART's control deck where it was quiet. It felt familiar in a good way, so I pulled the memory of my first time aboard so I could compare it. It was better without ART threatening to destroy my brain.

Ratthi had to fold his lips almost completely inside his mouth to keep from reacting.

I meant to wait until I was back up to at least 90 percent performance reliability but I heard Amena say, "There's no weapon, you got the wrong ship." The fear in her voice was more obvious and I was suddenly in the room. (Impulse control; I should try to write a code patch for that.)

Then in my skim of the news broadcast I hit an image. It was me. I didn't stop in my tracks because I have a lot of practice in not physically reacting to things no matter how much they shock or horrify me. I may have lost control of my expression for a second; I was used to always wearing a helmet and keeping it opaqued whenever possible.

Chance disappears when you make a decision.

Worrying meant you were trying to control something you had no business trying to control

you must set her free. If you try to control her, she will hate you for it and you will lose her.

The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating.

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.

Critical voices have to care about history. We have to care about the way in which things get controlled in the past because that's when the damage gets done and if we don't keep that historical memory, we will allow them to do it again next time.

Sinful attempts to control may come from a lust for power or from unsuccessful attempts to correct problem situations. Underneath sinful attempts to control or manipulate is the deadliest sin of all: pride. It is pride that puts self, self's interests, desires, plans, and ideas first. It is often the self-righteous pride of thinking that self knows what is best.

has been founded on a good beating.

At the lowest level of explanation, therefore, people are said to perform a behavior because they intend to do so, they have the requisite skills and abilities, and there are no environmental constraints to prevent them from carrying out their intentions (i.e., they have favorable intentions and actual behavioral control).

For the first time since 1815, Russia was denied control of the Polish capital. It was a signal triumph for the Central Powers. The Germans now set their long-term sights on Finland, Russia's province since the Swedes had been driven out in 1808.

Bureaus are extrusions from the body politic - they are pus