Quotes About Control

Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.

There is a moment in every relationship when one of the parties senses its imminent demise. There's a moment of incredible clarity when your stomach drops with a heavy sense of dread, and you feel like control is slipping through your fingertips even as you try to hold on.

She's found, after all, that if you force yourself not to think of things, they lose their power; they shift from reality to mirage, from true to almost imaginary. And

No one really can have any idea if it's luck or happenstance or timing or fate or the universe or just smart choices that grant you a good life, a happy one. All we can do is decide to own our choices no matter what, to honor them and ourselves as best we can. That whatever is within our control (and there is plenty that is not) is ours. Mine. Responsibility. Conviction.

everything within our control is a choice. I

Hey No one makes me do anything. Not my family. Not your family...not even you.

Turn," Liz said, trying not to hide her impatience at being forced to read at non-speed-of-light pace.

real strength is not hitting when what you most want to do is kill.

Easy there," Zach said when I stumbled into him. "Now's probably not the time to get handsy. You might want to control yourself.

Or maybe crying is like everything else we do- it's best if you don't get caught.

I see the gun. I can feel it in my hand.

The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following God's plan seems like it doesn't make any sense at all. God is always in control and he will never leave us.

Mustn't. Damn, Braden had met a woman who used mustn't in everyday conversation. Did she say other sexy words, like shan't? How about something big, like wherewithal? Braden, I shan't resist your commands, and I have the wherewithal to ride your cock all night. Oh, yeah. And Ky thought libraries were boring?

en una dictadura, la expresión estar en libertad no significa lo mismo que ser libre.

Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.

Power among humans is not simply the physical force with which one material body may move another; it is the force to distract, detour, maneuver, and command. Every pleasure we indulge in and every pain we suffer exerts power over others.

I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning.

Ambition, while there was nothing wrong with it, was still a far cry from power. Ambition got you out of bed to make money. Power meant you could make money without ever leaving bed.

defensive. "I don't want to talk about it." "Trin-" "Arthur, cool it." Trin ordered in his softest tone of voice.

It is obvious that you like to be in control of things. With this girl, you lose control. You despise that, especially since she is younger.- Maria Delgado

The cats of Istanbul," explained the Gaviero, "possess absolute wisdom. They exercise complete control over the life of the city, but they are so prudent and secretive that the inhabitants are still not aware of the fact.

If you bought a copy of this book, you own it and can choose to keep it, sell it, give it away, or review it.

Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise -- bureaucrats.

If you don't have a strategy, you're part of someone else's strategy.