Quotes About Control

I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that's the most dangerous kind of censorship - that's how hegemony works.

The United States came out of the 1990s, if anything, in an even greater position of hegemony and preeminence than it was at the beginning of the 1990s.

Censorship is the height of vanity.

The idea that, in the age of Google, Facebook and the internet, government can control the 'commanding heights' of the economy is one of the great delusions of our age. Modern techonology, social media, the explosion of online retail, among many other things, have meant that governments have less and less control.

For me, it's the 5- to 7-yard cut with any club. I can choke down on it a little bit, hit it different heights, but that's the shot I'm always going to go to.

I had been, you know, held in the closet for two months and, you know, abused in all manner of ways. I was very good at doing what I was told.

That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary.

Politics isn't about helping people, it's about maintaining whatever people have got, whatever it takes to maintain their position at the expense of us.

During cancer, when I was flat out on the bed, I was so helpless. I wanted to do things my way, but it was not happening. I learnt to trust the process of life and letting other people also sometimes take control. I became more easy-going.

Often, we feel helpless in lots of situations in our lives. The way anger gets a grip on us is it seems to be a way to extricate ourselves from helplessness.

You don't direct ostriches, you herd them.

There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.

I've heard, 'May the Force be with you' about as many times as, 'Hey, how you doing?'

I'm going to do all I can, control what I can control and I think one thing I can do beyond just playing the best I can is to start really coaching and leading other people so that I can never walk off the field saying, 'Hey, I did my part but so-and-so didn't,' that can't happen.

I know, it was a little bit out of control, but hey. It was all fun.

Bob Hope was totally regimented. I go in and say a line like, 'Hi Bob' and I'd have to do it five times, and then Bob would take me to the writers to say the line different ways. He wouldn't let me ad-lib.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

The soul shall mightily rule in all hidden secrets: but it must not let in the devil.

There is no place people can hide from me.

I think where people get into trouble is hiding and feeling ashamed about what they don't have any control over in the first place.

Humans want to know the hierarchy; it's important for there to be one leader.

It's our job to make sure the players are ready to play at a high level. Part of that is making sure that the emotion is in check.

Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.

When you're constantly involved in domination, what you're really looking for is constant highs.