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Quotes About Control

Sometimes a decision has to be made by a single individual, who has the authority to enforce it. That's why you need a captain. You can't run a ship by a committee-at least not all the time.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time.
~ Chaka Khan
If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.
~ Charles Portis
If you're not terrified, you're not going to win. You have to ride right up to the edge of control and not make any mistakes that cost you time.
~ Charlie Kelly
Being nervous is a waste of time.
~ Lindsey Wixson
When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.
~ Robert Jordan
Every time the government grows we lose more of who we are.
~ Glenn Beck
The only time you have a free press is when you own one.
~ H. L. Mencken
Anytime I can go fly for a few hours, I go. It's stressful and stress-relieving at the same time.
~ Hunter Hayes
Isn't it amazing that the God who is in total control of this universe will take time out of His day to hear us pray to Him?
~ Mark Cahill
I think secretly I've realized after my time on the planet that I have no control over what people feel about me or need from me, so I just have a more laid-back approach in my apologies.
~ Meshell Ndegeocello
It's quite an unfair thought that Microsoft are trying to control our gaming, they're trying to force us to be online all the time. [People] didn't really think that through.
~ Peter Molyneux
Chess is a time game, it's a game of patience. That pretty much defines how I run the ball.
~ Priest Holmes
Any time you do physical stuff, violence, it is controlled. It's a little bit like you block the move.
~ Ron Livingston
I keep my clocks a little fast / so time won't take me by surprise.
~ Ruth Whitman
I have to be more assertive-I have take more control at crunch time.
~ Sue Bird
He [Wladimir Klitschko] likes silence when he fights because it gives him time and room to think. He doesn't like things to get chaotic or crazy.
~ Tyson Fury
Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.
~ Victor Hugo
I mean, time for me, I can make it go slow or fast, however I please. That's how I know it doesn't exist.
~ Willow Smith
The more security we have, the less freedom there is; more freedom means less security. You can hardly enough of both at the same time.
~ Zygmunt Bauman
First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.
~ Anatoly Karpov
The infantile cowardice of our time which demands an external pattern, a nonhuman authority.
~ Archibald MacLeish
You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.
~ Banksy
I'm never in control of my time during the workday.
~ Barbara Corcoran