Quotes About Control

A small way to have control in a tense situation, I suppose

At school, when they had to do group projects, Spencer always insisted on doing most of the work. The others will just screw it up, she always thought. They won't do it as well as I can.

Mona played with dolls, I play with body parts. Game on bitches. -A

I mean, that's where you're going with this, aren't you? Just because we rattled off some names doesn't mean we have any control over them dying or going missing or whatever.

She was too busy to freak out, but that was the only thing keeping her from freaking out.

You can't go around blaming bad luck on someone else. everything that has happened to you is because you make it happen, okay?

His controlled composure was making Maddox feel edgy. He could be one of those people who seemed perfectly calm but then randomly snapped.

All the desks in this room are bolted down, Sutton. Just so you know." Uh, okay.

On of the prerequisites for my mobile phone is that I have to be able to fling it at a wall if I lose my temper.

You have no future when the past rules you.

I hope that, whatever happens within the publishing industry, because of the increased control writers have of their own careers, better sales information and the advent of the internet, that ultimately this change in our working environment will be a change for the better.

I would not have a god come in To shield me suddenly from sin, And set my house of life to rights; Nor angels with bright burning wings Ordering my earthly thoughts and things; Rather my own frail guttering lights Wind blown and nearly beaten out; Rather the terror of the nights And long, sick groping after doubt; Rather be lost than let my soul Slip vaguely from my own control -- Of my own spirit let me be In sole though feeble mastery.

Life was mostly made up of things you couldn't control, full of surprises, and they weren't always good. Life wasn't what you made it. You were what life made you.

It's just so out of control. Life, I mean. The way it flies off in all these different directions without your permission.

The various governments of various worlds, no matter how different, all agreed on one thing: people should not be able to disappear from the radar and stop being traced. Because that denied government's ability to identify troublemakers and rebels, criminals and those who simply wanted to be left alone. And that would not be permitted.

All power in human hands is liable to be abused.

Your need to kill me is not greater than my need to use you," Tamra informed the kehok.

to know more. What about those who fail to control the weather? And what about those who can't?

I do like my hair being pulled from time to time, it's like a pair of reins, innit?

Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical shock each time their robot got hammered, then, yes, it would be a sport.

Juggling is sometimes called the art of controlling patterns, controlling patterns in time and space.

This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future.

In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

It's time to stop letting your history control your destiny.