Quotes About Control

I only would say yes to a film, do a film or any project, if I think I would watch it. Whether the audience will like it, not like it, how will they take to the film, these are not things in your control and you shouldn't bother about them.

Satire, whether it be satire or not, everything has to have boundaries.

Boundaries? What are those?

If there is nothing happening on the wicket, the bowler always thinks that he should not go for a boundary.

For me, fielding is everything - it is a passion that comes from within. You can get a bad ball while you bat, and your bowling may not always be up there, but you are completely in control of how well you field.

My biggest strength is I never look at the batsman's name when bowling.

The military belongs in its barracks, not our ballot boxes.

I'm taking over boxing.

Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.

The worst feeling is when you don't have brakes, you cannot stop the car and you see that the wall is just coming in front of you. That's really a very scary moment.

You can't just drive with no brakes and think that everything is going to go great, and the minute something goes bad, you fall apart.

I would prefer myself to own all of my brand, where everything I am responsible for myself.

I don't come in and break TVs when we lose.

Anthony Powell taught me to write; he has such brilliant control of the mechanics of the novel.

When I was doing 'Britain's Got Talent,' I really enjoyed it, but I found it very difficult to be in the audience. I like to be on stage; I feel safer on stage because I'm in control.

Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.

I'd like to be able to be like a director, like Richard Brooks, say. And be able to say, 'I did my best, and this is it, and there's nobody to blame but me.'

Big Brother doesn't like all these Little Brothers looking at it.

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

So in the House and Senate, we own the budget. So what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill.

To achieve responsible budget savings, government must be retooled with an effective spending-control system.

Congress must build on the success of the Budget Control Act.

History is rife with stories of directors who got so obsessed that their films went massively over budget - out of control.

Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it.