Quotes About Control

I don't want a perfectly safe weapon. I want a dangerous weapon that hurts people." He took the stick from her, rapped it against her head. She howled and he nodded. "See? It hurts people.

Sanguine felt the ridiculous urge to reach out and poke him, just to see if he'd react, but he'd seen that kind of anger before. It was the quiet kind. The dangerous kind.

If a Remnant takes control of me... I... I would rather you kill me than allow me to hurt anyone." - Scrutinous. "You have my word. And if one of those things takes control of me, I... I want you to leave me alone and let me about my business." - Random

What did I tell you about wandering off? Why don't you ever do anything I say? If I didn't know any better, I would swear that you feel a compulsion to disobey authoriy figures." "That can't be what it is," she said. "Well, that's what it seems like." "But I don't view you as an authority figure." "Oh, not this again.

Once again, events beyond her control had dragged her into the middle of things. China was not impressed.

Say thank you," Marr said, controlling the air with her hand. "Say thank you, Detective Marr, for letting me stand up." And Valkyrie said, "Thank you, Detective Marr, for giving me back my ring.

The Brute was the biggest prison block in Coldheart. It had eighteen tiers of cells arranged around a wide-open space. Hanging over that space was the security hub/control room, a large, windowed cube that dangled on thick chains, accessible only via retractable walkways. Far beneath it, level with the block's second tier, was a large dais that hovered in place – no chains, ropes or struts necessary. Two tiers beneath that, a lake of energy rippled over the floor.

That's the problem you face when you deal with Arbiters. We don't answer to anyone. We could arrest you, throw you in a cell, and you'd languish there until we remembered to ask you those questions we'd been meaning to.

We promised them power.

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are.

The control of knowledge is the crux of tomorrow's worldwide struggle for power in every human institution.

Knowledge of the name gives him who knows it mastery even over the being and will of the god.

Society develops a type of self-censorship, with the knowledge that surveillance exists - a self-censorship that is even expressed when people communicate with each other privately.

One of the best ways of repressing emotions is artificial certainty.

A lot of people refer to power as shooting a loaded gun. When you have to shoot the gun, you've lost the power. Other people's knowledge of your gun should be enough.

Who of us knows or can by possibility arrive at a knowledge of the laws that govern our property and lives?

People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.

I shall be an autocrat that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me that's his.

The knowledge that God is in control should give you confidence for the future.

To be enslaved then, you needed to be ignorant. To be enslaved today, you need to be knowledgeable.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group of people successfully.