Quotes About Control

Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.

In proportion as the mass of citizens who possess political rights increases, and the number of elected ruler's increases, the actual power is concentrated and becomes the monopoly of a smaller and smaller group of individuals.

Actually, my children. I AM GOD, and I will rule all space and time.

Thrasymachus said it was just a word invented by the victors to rule the losers. Like, we won the war; now we make the laws.

in a county where gun control means holding it with two hands.

He gave me a lecture about the power of pounding the pavement, even in these days when computers and cell towers and security cameras keep track of what we eat and drink, where we travel and sleep, who we screw, when we leave the house, and down what forbidden road Google has taken us.

Si quieres qué Dios se ría, dile tus planes.

Más vale matar a la primera rata antes de que la casa se llene de ellas.

Our prejudices and self-interest shape the world into what we want it to be, or fear it is.

five-pound trigger

Turns out that capitalism is unkillable because it kills every other system first.

Keeping the human race in check must require a lot of multitasking.

For peace of mind we need to resign as general manager of the universe.

When you know who you are, it's harder for people to fuck with you. Hollywood is dangerous because the great hobby they have in that town is fucking with other people. Building you up, knocking you down, until finally you are destroyed. They all want to create you and mold you.

It's all been a bad joke that just ran out of control. I got into food for fun but the business got a mind of its own. Now - my good Lord - look where it has gotten me. My products are on supermarket shelves, in cinemas, in the theater. And they say show business is odd.

If I give away my emotional independence and allow any other person to control my emotions, then they control not only my emotional sobriety but possibly also my physical sobriety.

We don't get caught in the trap of letting the situation upset us and then having to stay upset waiting for the situation to change to our satisfaction.

We trust in God's will knowing that, in general, we are far more efficient and effective when we respond calmly and in an unhurried manner than when we explode in unthinking anger.

only as much power over us as we willingly give him or her.

Anger isn't harmful, it's what we do with anger that causes problems.

Who or what makes you happy or sad, confident or fearful, up-beat or worried? Do you choose your feelings, or does some other person or situation make you feel the way you feel?

my emotional sobriety is than that person or that situation, and I don't allow what happened to ruin the rest of my day. As mentioned before, it feels good to be emotionally independent and in control of both myself and what would otherwise be an uncomfortable situation.

Today I see myself as a spiritual being with three distinct human facets: I am what I think; I am what I do; I am what I feel. And, to the degree that I control my thinking, I control my actions. To the degree that I control both my thinking and my actions, I control my feelings. Then, the circle is completed when my feelings affect my thinking which again affects my actions.

With increasing awareness of both how we feel at any particular moment, and why we have chosen to feel that way, we develop the ability to change our emotional state if we wish to do so. We generate an awareness of whether we have chosen our current feelings or have allowed them to be implanted by an outside person or circumstance.