Quotes About Control

Comics offers tremendous resources to all writers and artists:faithfulness, control, a chance to be heard far and wide without fear of compromise...it offers range and versatility with all the potential imagery of film and painting plus the intimacy of the written word. And all that's needed is the desire to be heard--the will to learn--and the ability to see.

He's trying to control me, and he wants to use his religion to do that. Religion isn't just a power word- the word is power itself.

If we can't control something, there's no value in fearing it, since the fear accomplishes nothing.)

Anxiety and depression also have a shared basis in a feeling of a lack of self-esteem or self-efficacy. (Feeling like you have no control over your life is a common route to both anxiety and depression.) Moreover, reams of studies show that stress—ranging from job worries to divorce to bereavement to combat trauma—is a huge contributor to rates of both anxiety disorders and depression, as well as to hypertension, diabetes, and other medical conditions.

The joke was thinking you were ever really in charge of your life. You pressed your oar down into the water to direct the canoe, but it was the current that shot you through the rapids. You just hung on and hoped not to hit a rock or a whirlpool.

I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs.

Know this, my beloved brothers: Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires. (James 1:19–20)

The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it." (Gen. 4:6–7)

In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. (Prov. 16:9 NIV)

Ako je išta prepušteno našoj odluci, našoj volji i slobodi, to je da možemo odabrati kakva ?e nam biti smrt a ne da ona odabere kakav ?e nam biti kraj. Samo smrt nas može razbuditi i povratiti iz košmara.

Never, since my hand could hold a shield have I entrusted or given control of the Danes' hall to anyone but you. … There's nothing you wish for that won't be yours

Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.

We have taken control of biology, but not of ourselves.

So, for our own sake, let's know all the rules, not just those that pertain to our bodies. Only through wider understanding and application of these ecological rules will we control and have a chance to reverse the side effects we are causing across the globe.

But in just the past hundred years or so, we have turned the tables and taken control of biology. Smallpox, a virus that killed as many as 300 million people in the first part of the twentieth century (far more than in all wars combined) has not merely been tamed but has been eradicated from the planet.

I'm always in control,' she said with the hint of a smile. 'Even when I'm not.' 'What do you mean?' Eric asked. 'The submissive has all the power,' Almira said. 'It's all about consent. I'm only talking to you right now because I want to; ergo, I'm the one in control, even though you're asking the questions. And right now, you're not even thinking about how to profile me. My eyes are up here.

You know, by the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions. ... You may find you can get away with virtual presidents, virtual prime ministers, virtual everything.

As an actor, most of the time, you only have so much say in how, what and where things go. As a director, you really get to paint a bigger picture. You have many more brushes to use.

Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

My feeling is, we ran from animals for three million years. It's our time now. If a cow could eat you, it would. And it wouldn't care how comfortable your truck ride over was, either.

One of the most insane environments I have ever spent time in is a gun range. There we are, all in a line, armed to the teeth, firing away.

Nevermore," Lolli said. "That's what Luis calls it, because there are three rules: Never more than once a day, never more than a pinch at a time, and never more than two days in a row.

A quota is always something artificial that can only last for a certain period of time.