Quotes About Control

I learned from my father how to swear right and how to string it together for optimum effect/affect. I use it like karate. I bring it out when it's needed.

I get really bad road rage, and if my daughter is in the car I have to bite my lip and try not to swear.

Obviously, I'm trying to control the intake of sugars, but carbs are fine because I'm obviously sweating like crazy out here.

You don't gotta let the girls know you're sweating, honey.

In Sweden everybody has this perfect surface. Everyone's very polite and controls their feelings.

I'm a control freak, and anytime I direct something, I try to make it as homemade and handmade as possible. I feel like that's my favorite type of filmmaking, where you can see the seams, and it doesn't feel like a swiftly produced, whole seeky-eyed event.

You want to be in control of a lot. You grow up. You sink or swim. I suppose I swam.

I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.

I can't control life for my grandchildren, so how could I control a story? Sometimes I try to force something, and after working and working on that chapter, I realise that I am swimming against the current. I will never get there. So I have to let go of whatever previous idea I had about it and let the characters decide.

I've actually medalled in every single swimming meet except for the Olympics, so that's the goal. I want to get on that podium - I really do. But for me, that's not something I can control... so I will be happy with going out there and swimming a race that I'm proud of.

I would always rather do something in moderation than simply swing from one extreme to another.

I don't bowl at 140 kmph or 150 kmph, so my best chance of getting the batsmen out is by bowling in the right areas and getting it to swing.

The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go.

I don't swing with my knees. I swing with my hands.

When I was getting overly 'droppy,' that's when I was hitting shots left and right. That's what we were doing, so maybe if my swing was a touch flatter, I wouldn't drop the club as much.

All I really think about is, 'Don't try to kick the ball too hard,' because a lot of times when I missed kicks, it was because I tried to kill it. I just try to think of a smooth swing, being slow and under control, and making the kick.

Your longest drives will come when you feel you're swinging at 75 percent.

A question I get asked a lot in pro-ams is how I'm able to swing the club as hard as I do. Honestly, I'm not swinging that hard. I'm using about 75 percent of my maximum effort.

When the ball is swinging, you really need to play close to your body.

Swinging harder with a longer club almost always leads to bad shots.

Swipe fees have increased steadily since the introduction of debit cards 20 years ago, when there were no swipe fees at all. Merchants can't negotiate or control them. They've tried, but they have no leverage against the big banks and issuers. So they get ignored.

I wish I could read minds. It's a dangerous superpower, so I'd wish for it to come with a switch where I could turn it off if I wanted to. You'd learn a lot about people, that's for sure!

I think the more you do as an actor, the more facility you have to switch on and off.

I feel that one of the hardest things in acting is the way you need to switch your emotions.