Quotes About Control

Like good sex, driving the car was a study in exhilarating restraint and control.

To be at the center of the story is a powerful thing, it gives a palpable agency to your life.

You are mistaken. They do not snatch and grab as do the men of your race. With us, no man touches a woman in passion unless he is invited. It is a mark of a warrior that he has complete control of his desires." Elise stared at her in amazement,

this is a way of handling a fear of losing control. One way - which is perhaps not the best way - to try and regain control is to talk, talk, talk. Love Professor - to Jennifer

That was what people did when they wanted to stop a girl from doing something—they shamed her.

She wanted to scream her grief to the skies and wail like an animal, but she couldn't.

You will stop Chance from taking hold of the girl?" asked the mother. The crone smiled grimly. "No, I cannot. But I will do what we Fates have always done. I will stop the girl from taking hold of a chance.

Have you ever tried to stop her from doing something she wants to do?' Desiderio asked. Mahdi sighed. 'Yeah, actually, I have,' he said. 'No further explanation needed.

Never is a wolf more dangerous than when he is in a cage.

But power is a treacherous thing; it's bite is sweet, its kiss can sting and unless I'm much mistaken, it's never given, always taken.

Life deals you the cards. but it is up to us how we play them

I have done this—made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts of men in your hands. Make them laugh with a gesture, cry with a word. Make them love you. And you will know what power is.

Officer After leaned across the seat toward me - which, under the circumstances, made me start back. 'I'm sorry I'm not allowed to beat the shit out of him for you.

I held the dubious honor of being the one person who could make cool, collected Nick lose his temper.

I squeezed the controls to brace myself so I wouldn't shiver with the chill of wanting. Normal people got that feeling when they quit smoking cigarettes. I had gotten it then too. Normal people did not get that feeling when faced with danger.

Why can't he be the prostitute, and I the john?

You know what I think?" Chloe asked. She was going to tell me whether I wanted to know or not. "I think you've both built up enormous amounts of sexual tension since your session in the sauna was cut short last night,and you won't get along until you let it out. You need to make out with him. Take control.

You've got me so whipped, I can't think of a single sarcastic thing to say." "That makes me feel powerful and manly.

I wanted to remind you that you do not allow me to deliver boats, as I have been known to crash them.

Let me do the talking," I yelled to John over the wail. "I have a way with cops." "Yes, you do," he growled at me [...]

I know I'm famous and irresitible - a combination whose properties closely resemble radioactivity - and I know that you in this room are helpless against me.

To hell with God," Fern said. "I'm worried about the Internet." "By which you mean an all-seeing, all-knowing entity that may be predicting and controlling your behavior, even when you think you're choosing for yourself?

If he couldn't search or retrieve or view his own past, then it wasn't really his. It was lost.

Mr. Kinghorn injected into Alfred's next several inhalations: "Sir, you've made your racket for going on two minutes now… I'll allow you thirty more seconds… at which point you'll either have to stop hollering or leave my bus… Am I making myself clear?