Quotes About Control

Había aumentado tanto su enojo que éste la dominaba por completo como suele ocurrir con los malos pensamientos y sentimientos si no se expulsan en el primer momento.

I could love you, I could kill you. I want this. This is how I make my mark, this is where I plant my flag, this is how I stake my claim, this is how I deny you, this is how I claim you, this is what you owe me, this is what I am taking, this is how I know I'm alive.

whom he had saved from a life of excessive freedom

Maybe this was what being in a pandemic brought forth. When everything big is out of control, you start taking charge of small things.

After a while, I asked who was in charge. Phil said God. I said that was the most terrifying thing I'd ever heard and he said, Yeah, me too. That's why I bought the Bushmaster.

The whiskey had its own mind. Or spirit, he said. A cunning spirit. Sometimes it fooled him. Sometimes it set him free.

Already a mature businessman, he relied on Andrews only as a technician and assumed control of all other aspects of the business.

A very smart monopolist, Rockefeller kept prices low enough to retain control of the market but not so low as to wipe out all lingering competitors.

With one check, Rockefeller might have relieved their anxiety forever, but he wanted to avert excessive dependence and keep alive a creative ambiguity about his intentions.

While they thought they were leading me into a trap, I let them go into the trap themselves.

The object of so tying up these securities is that J.P. Morgan & Co. may be assured of the control of the business for a given period of years

The tricky part for Rockefeller and Flagler was how to supplement their capital without relinquishing control; the solution was to incorporate, which would enable them to sell shares to select outside investors.

Like Rockefeller, he advocated self-discipline and deferred gratification.

Through such trusts, he would convert financiers from servants to masters of their clients.

Rockefeller, who, along with his son, reserved the right to designate the use of two-thirds of the money given.

Not surprisingly, he had trouble delegating authority and low regard for the intelligence of other people.

the House of Morgan always favored government planning over private competition, but private planning over either.

Washington went on to say that this mighty blaze "ought to be under the guidance of reason, for although we cannot avoid first impressions, we may assuredly place them under guard.

Perhaps never in financial history has anybody else amassed so much power so reluctantly.

She exerted a strong influence upon the rest of us.

Whereas most other tycoons hired subordinates to oversee personal expenditures, Rockefeller supervised every detail

As long as the right conditions were met, this controlling father was always happy to be generous.

Rockefeller always sat in the middle of the backseat.

As always, Rockefeller floated serenely above the bustle, pretending to be oblivious to any wrongdoing