Quotes About Control

A lot of jobs today are being automated; what happens when you extend that concept to very important areas of society like law enforcement? What happens if you start controlling the behavior of criminals or people in general with software-running machines? Those questions, they look like they're sci-fi but they're not.

America has no real idea of the extent to which it abuses its authority and power.

While my megalomania knows no bounds, directing is one thing I have never really done. I directed a couple of plays. That was the extent of it.

I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.

I was born with great eyelashes. They just do what I want them to do.

I come across as quite aggressive and quite in people's faces and everything like that, but I know where to draw the line.

Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.

I don't have anything against SyCo or 'X Factor' or any of that. I'm just a guy who got really afraid of not being in control.

If you want to make your own decisions about where you work, what you do, what you earn and what you buy, then being able to make money is an important factor.

I like watching 'The X Factor,' but I would never go on it - I think it's too much of a controlled thing.

There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control.

So I think the biggest thing that I've learnt in my career is not allowing external factors to determine my self-worth - external factors being what coaches think of me, the amount of playing time I get - not allowing those things that actually are out of my control affect how I feel about myself.

If you can make people believe lies are the facts, then you can control them.

I think, a lot of times, bands will break up because their goal is commercial success, and most bands aren't going to get that: it's out of their control. If you do, you're one of the lucky ones, but that commercial success will likely fade, and you'll end up breaking up anyway.

You can't control who you fall in love with.

Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man.

We try to play football; don't forget it, right. My teams always in my career try to play football. I cannot control the other circumstances.

At Huddersfield we were never in a rush when we played the big teams. The more time they've got with the ball, the more chances they'll create.

What the other teams do is something that I can never control, so I just keep focussed on my direction.

Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director says, 'One tear, right now,' that one tear would pop out.

There's only certain things you can control. I know how hard I work, I know how I take care of myself, and those are the two things I can control. As far as injuries and wear and tear and stuff like that, it's going to happen.

When things are right and things are focused, it's a game to me, and I'm there just stalking and punching and grabbing and tearing people up.

I believe that tears should be very private, and no matter what issue or what situation, we should have a very dignified demeanor.

Nobody likes a presenter melting in a self-indulgent puddle of tears.