Quotes About Control

How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.

A full cup must be carried steadily.

It wasn't a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.

The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people before, they were run by creative people.

Cuando alguien ejerce un poder sin límites, no vacila en emplear toda la fuerza del Estado

en el terreno de los afectos la voluntad no mandaba.

el lema secreto de la familia revolucionaria: "Tener poder para poder tener".

Los tiranos creen que el poder se conserva a punta de bayoneta. En México no es así: basta con repartir a la masa un puñado de cohetes y unos barriles de pulque.

No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.

No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.

Who are you?" he asked. I am the future queen of this world, at the very least. You may refer to me as Mistress Koboi for the next five minutes. After that you may refer to me as Aaaaarrrrgh, hold your throat, die screaming, and so on.

Judgement, not passion should prevail.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

All philosophy in two words, — sustain and abstain.

Tell me where I can escape death: discover for me the country, show me the men to whom I must go, whom death does not visit. Discover to me a charm against death. If I have not one, what do you wish me to do? I cannot escape from death, but shall I die lamenting and trembling? . . . Therefore if I am able to change externals according to my wish, I change them: but if I cannot, I am ready to tear the eyes out of him who hinders me.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation. Which is why it is essential that we not respond impulsively to impressions; take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control.

El futuro no es ni del todo nuestro ni del todo ajeno.

Si deve poi ricordare che il futuro non è del tutto nostro, né del tutto non nostro

The esteem of others is outside our control; we must attend instead to healing ourselves.

The U.S. concern is not who is fundamentalist and who is progressive, who treats women nicely and who treats them badly. That's not the issue. The issue is who is more likely to ensure the safety of the oil resources that the United States or its corporations could control?

The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for a fair shake anymore.