Quotes About Control

Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.

I have a tendency toward being a micromanager.

I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.

There are contradictory tendencies in American society. There's a huge range of activities that one can engage in that mark it as a quite free society. It's also true to say that the powers that be have so much control over how people think that there are fewer and fewer people who make use of the rights and information available to them.

There is a tendency in all parties, when they have been for a long time in possession of power, to augment it.

Power is a very peculiar thing. It's like the ego. The ego's only there to keep you above water. Once we realize something good about ourselves, we have a tendency to abuse the gift.

Governments have a tendency to screw up currencies.

Dodd-Frank is an important statute, but often when the government believes it's handling a particularly important issue, there can be a tendency to overreach.

I have a tendency to catastrophise and doing something that you have control over is an escape from that.

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy.

Power tends to get confused with repression.

One tends to look back at the mistakes as the same thing - relinquishing control of something at some point in your career.

My mind tends to operate a bit like a radar. I don't find it hard to switch off.

Too much power in any institution tends to stifle innovation.

I'm interested in exploring how an individual maintains a sense of power in a world that tends to make individuals feel powerless.

My body structure ensures that if I do not watch what I eat, my weight tends to spiral crazily out of control.

Well, there are a lot of things outside our control - outside my control. And this is true with anybody's life: You try to keep the train on a certain track, and then there are a lot of moving parts that you can't control. And that tends to make you nervous.

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

The Czech tennis federation wasn't holding me back, but they could still pull the plug anytime they wanted.

You're the only one in control over your golf ball. It's not like tennis: you're hitting a shot and somebody's hitting it back at you.

When I'm playing well because of my serve and trying to keep points shorter, I don't need to worry about my opponent. All I need to do is focus on myself and have them adjust to me rather than me adjust to them. That's when I play my best tennis.

There is this brutal side to tennis. It was invented as a game for kings and cardinals and people with a lot of power who didn't have to share the field with other players.

I've tried to dial my emotions down: not get too high, not get too low, try to find that even-keel tennis.