Quotes About Control

Man makes plans . . . and God laughs.

America is a bunch o' bullies. Tell me what the Iraq uniform is like. Don't worry, I'll wait.

I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

The one and only thing over which you have complete and total control is how you focus your own mind. Luckily, this determines everything else.

You may not like the humor, but that is why every radio has an on-off button.

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

People don't deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn't have any, they gave you some.

They say if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. Well, those are precisely the people who need them!

I got some tartar-control toothpaste a while back. I've still got tartar, but it's under control.

they should let some people into the library by prescription only

[Harrier] locked eyes with Zanattar. He couldn't remember another time in his life when he'd been this angry and hadn't hit something.

Let me be clear. Last I was aware you were neither my husband nor my father nor my King. Therefore, any control you may imagine you hold over me is just that- imaginary

You know, my main goal in life is trying not to end up in a straightjacket.

Our sense of humor is a gift from God which should be controlled as well as cultivated.

Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.

Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde is a metaphor for alcoholism. He drinks a potion, becomes a monster. I know exactly how he feels.

I can only do what I do with a spirit of humor, and faith and give the controls over to something else.

You see the button with the guy with the tray, and you push it, and he arrives with a sandwich! And you think: "Yes! Yes! I control sandwich monkey! I live in magic land, magic land, magic land"

The British civil service ... is a beautifully designed and effective braking mechanism.

I almost feel like throwing Jimmy into the stove, as the priest in Kulenberg did.

You freaking bit me, " I said, my voice hoarse. "You're lucky I don't call animal control.