Quotes About Control

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.

I am a responsible person. I plan a lot. I am disciplined.

In this business, you just never know from day to day. It's one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I'm going to be doing.

You may hate the pilot but you don't want the plane to crash.

The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.

We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

With 'Eagle of the Ninth,' every shot was extremely planned and organized. The director was like, 'Do this!' And I say, 'How was it?' and he says, 'Good.' It was very odd. I would never know where he was headed, or even if he was shooting me at a close-up or from a distance.

If everything was planned, it would be dreadful. If everything was unplanned, it would be equally dreadful.

I'm so used to being in a drama, or something like that, where you have everything planned out.

Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs.

I am being embezzled by a monstrous ring of accountants, estate planners and lawyers who are mercilessly slandering me and trying to kill my career and, I believe, murder me in order to gain control of my royalties.

I'm a firm believer in the saying that goes, 'If you want to make god laugh, tell him your plans,' kind of approach.

I have learned in my life that my plans don't matter. It's God's plan.

My favorite saying is, 'If you want to make god laugh, tell him about your plans.'

Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.

Fiddling with the genetic identities of domesticated plants and animals ever since we had become human. We are the fiddlingest animal the world has ever seen.

I trust how much my ball moves. I can throw it at you or this far off the plate and have it end up on the black. That's where I kind of went to the next level. I knew what all my pitches were doing. Even in '14, I didn't have that ability.

If I'm not going to make the pitch, then so be it. I'm not going to try to manipulate the ball or muscle the ball over the plate where I want it to go.

Being a filmmaker in the digital platform has given me complete creative control. I can make what I want, when I want. I don't have to wait to book an audition.

I look at the Internet as an opportunity. I think you should do your stuff, and if you want to showcase it, it's a great platform. What people like and don't like is not in your control, so just have fun with it.

I love the idea of creators owning their audience data instead of platforms.

Do I want to play basketball? You bet your dollar I do. At the same time, I have no control over what my body does. I can just give myself the best opportunity. That's the best attitude I can take.

Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.

Because I'm fairly big, I like to use my body. So I'll control the ball, even when there's a player on me, and then I'll pass.