Quotes About Control

In a world of bosses, you are your own master

An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.

In the foreword of Neil Postman's book Amusing Ourselves to Death, he compares the apocalyptic visions of George Orwell (1984) to those of Aldous Huxley (Brave New World). One of the comparisons speaks to the issue at hand: "In 1984 . . . people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.

Take charge of your life or someone else will!

The Greek word used to translate the Aramaic word for meekness, which Jesus used in the Prophetic Blessing, was the word used for an animal that had been tamed and brought under the control of the bit and reins of its master. Meekness is power under control!

Where Johnny chose to see cause and effect, Jack saw the hand of God, and of the devil himself. That wasn't hyperbole or false belief; he knew it like he knew his bones: that the world ran shadowed and deep, that evil was real and had a face. Because of that, Jack sought order, solidity, control.

Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds.

John Henry (Cardinal) Newman

A man may well bring a horse to the water,But he cannot make him drink without he will.

A man may well bring a horse to the water but he cannot make him drink.

Life is unmanageable if you try to control stupidity other than your own.

The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.

You know, I've never guided my life. I've just been whipped along by the waves I'm sitting in. I don't make plans at all. Plans are what make God laugh. You can make plans, you can make so many plans, but they never go right, do they?

That's why the Emperor needs an Empire, Kanan. It's like a space slug, whose only function is to stay alive. It's got to consume, and consume, and consume.

Food is power. . . are you in control of yours?

A menudo he pensado que la locura es un poco como la noche, debido a las distintas formas en que se extendió durante varios años por mi corazón y mi mente, unas veces con dureza o rapidez, otras con lentitud y sutileza, de modo que apenas era consciente de que estaba dominándome.

Noté como la locura intentaba apoderarse de mi pensamiento. Y me sentí como un escalador que de repente pierde el equilibrio y se tambalea, sabiendo que un resbalón se convertirá en una caída y que si no logra aferrarse a algo se desplomará hacia la inconsciencia.

Las manos no son lo verdaderamente peligroso. Lo verdaderamente peligroso es, es lo que tenemos en la cabeza".

A veces lo que mas me asusta no es lo desconocido, sino lo previsible y comprensible.

For all that has recently been said about 'the wisdom of crowds', the authors prefer to fly with airlines which rely on the services of skilled and experienced pilots, rather than those who entrust the controls to the average opinion of the passengers.

There is a role for carrots and sticks, but to rely on carrots and sticks alone is effective only when we employ donkeys and we are sure exactly what we want the donkeys to do.

To the connected and ruthless flow the spoils. -From Counternarratives

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

We are becoming the servants in thought, as in action of the machine we have created to serve us.