Quotes About Control

Authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism and militarism are inherently patriarchal and hierarchical.

In Israel, there is no civil marriage. All elements of religious life - from the kosher certification of food to conversion to marriages and burials - are controlled by the rabbinate. In Israel, then, the official religion is not just Judaism. It's Orthodoxy.

I don't think Jerusalem should be controlled 100% by religious people of any denomination, sect, or religion - even my own.

Never relinquish the initiative.

A cook never knows if the dish he perfected for hours was described properly or if a guest even liked his food. It's hard to spend hours perfecting a dish only to relinquish control. But chefs need to put aside their egos and trust the people serving the food.

To me, the horror genre is the genre of non-denial. It's about admitting that there is evil in the world and recognizing that there is evil within us and that we're not in control and that the things that we are afraid of must be confronted in order for us to relinquish that fear.

The U.S. has been in control of the domain names of the Internet since its inception. If we relinquish this control, it goes possibly to the U.N.

That's something I like about drag - I get to do everything. Collaborative arts are hard for me because I don't really like to relinquish control.

'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.

The more you try to grip control of your life the more God's gonna untangle that from you. He's going to make things go where you have to rely on Him.

Really, having a gun registry and having to rely on the government to keep it secret, the government isn't so great at keeping confidences.

I like track and field for the simple reason that I determine my own outcome. I don't rely on my coach or the president or the CEO making a decision. I'm kind of like the CEO of my own corporation.

All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

I didn't want the Ramones being told what to be doing, and I wanted the Ramones being presented in the right light - the remaining Ramones.

Zanu-PF is a sacred party. It will rule and rule. Those barking will continue doing that while Zanu-PF remains in power.

The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.

Military rule in Indonesia formally ended in 1998, but the army remains above the law.

I don't want to sound like a retrospective person stuck in the past, but the fact remains that, in my day, everything was in the hands of the driver - the gear changes, the delicate art of clutch control during race starts, managing engine revs during gear changes - everything.

It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.

The remarkable fact is not how much government does to control economic activity, but how much it does not do.

Herbert Hoover failed through no fault of his own. The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression were beyond his control, and every remedy he tried failed adequately to work.

Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion.

Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.

Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.