Quotes About Control

Hatred plays the same part in Government as acids in chemistry

The masses … should be directed without their being aware of it.' Napoleon to Fouché, September 1804

When excited by any violent passion his face assumed a … terrible expression … his eyes flashed fire; his nostrils dilated, swollen with the inner storm … He seemed to be able to control at will these explosions, which, by the way, as time went on, became less and less frequent. His head remained cool … When in good humour, or when anxious to please, his expression was sweet and caressing, and his face was lighted up by a most beautiful smile.38

If you treat the mob with kindness,' he told Joseph later, 'these creatures fancy themselves invulnerable; if you hang a few, they get tired of the game, and become as submissive and humble as they ought to be.

It's somewhat disconcerting to know that my lifespan is limited by your whim — and your available mana —and not feel any fear about it.

I contemplated the consequences of pushing myself, it put me into a state of panic that no degree of conscious knowledge could counter. The

He could have killed us both if he had wanted to.

When the environment changes more rapidly than one can change rules, or when a set of circumstances is so ambiguous and unclear that a contract between the parties that attempted to cover all possibilities would be prohibitively complicated, we need another mode of control, which is based on cultural values.

Most people use their calendars as a repository of "orders" that come in. Someone throws an order to a manager for his time, and it automatically shows up on his calendar. This is mindless passivity. To gain better control of his time, the manager should use his calendar as a "production" planning tool, taking a firm initiative to schedule work that is not time-critical between those "limiting steps" in the day.

Let chaos reign, then rein in chaos.

There's not a single thing on this planet —not an organism, a sea, a river or lake, and even the weather that surrounds us, that hasn't been changed by human beings. For good or bad, we're in charge of the rate at which everything changes now.

People fear what they can not understand and what they can not control.

The Matrix doesn't want you to know this!

You are the only person who can make this work, and you are the only person who can mess this up.

If you have a mind that you can't control, you're never going to be a king.

Your mind must be stronger than your feelings.

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threatens to strip the world of its

Religion and kings don't mix – ought to be banned!

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.

John was wrong about many things but right about at least one: Fear determines so much. Fear of being in the dark. Being alone. Being wrong. Growing old. Losing potency. Losing control.

Women don't have a say in my house. But, just between us, don't do what you did during supper last time in front of her again." "You mean when I threw my fork at that rat?" "No. I mean when you hit it, even in the dark.

Shut up, you brat," interrupted Geralt, smiling nastily "Halt your uncontrolled little tongue. You speak to a lady who deserves respect, especially from a Knight of the White Rose...

Wars aren't waged to destroy. Wars are waged for two reasons. One is power and the other is money.