Quotes About Control

Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.

Let's not allow the voice of the people to be overwhelmed by the siren song of those who opposed regulation, who demanded that government should stand aside and let finance and business run the show.

A government that can take all and can seize all, a government that doesn't trust its citizens, a government that says it's their way or the highway... that's the scary part.

It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.

Emptiness is everywhere and it can be calculated, which gives us a great opportunity. I know how to control the universe. So tell me, why should I run for a million?

When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.

Big Government is erecting a panopticon state - one that sees everything, and regulates everything. It's great "customer service," except that you can never get out of the store.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

In the great artist you see daring bound by discipline and discipline stretched by daring.

The past is past, and the future is yet to come. That means the future is in your hands - the future entirely depends on the present. That realization gives you a great responsibility.

The great thing is not having a mind. Feelings: oh, I have those; they govern me.

People say, 'Jay, you're a great guy, you just had a couple of bad nights.' People that have themselves under control don't have a couple of bad nights like that. Plain and simple.

Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.

Editing is not merely a method of the junction of separate scenes or pieces, but is a method that controls the 'psychological guidance' of the spectator.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress.

Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory.

At the end of the day, the key to happiness is taking ultimate responsibility for your reactions to all of your experiences - the good and the chaotic.