Quotes About Control

Men do not sufficiently realise that their future is in their own hands.

Two is company. Three is poor birth control.

The wielders of power did not speak for it, nor did they naturally serve it. Their interest was to use and develop power, no less natural and necessary than liberty but more dangerous.

But what is Fortune? What is Fate? The Christian knows them not: He knows a Being, good as great, Controls his earthly lot: No fabled phantom's vain caprice Assails his joy, or mars his peace.

there was much to amuse her. Secretly she gloated upon her power over this most fearsome monarch....

Anger Works Anger can be extremely rewarding in the short term. It can distract you from pain and threatening feelings. You may use anger to provoke fear and anxiety in others. Such anger makes others feel threatened, allowing you to gain control. But regularly directing anger at someone is likely to make him or her even less supportive. Ultimately, that person will withdraw completely- leaving you feeling even more isolated.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

Parim viis hirmu peletamiseks on hirmu tekitamine.

Selon Stewart, cette société des Senoïs est totalement exempte de toute forme d'angoisse, de dépression, d'agressivité ou de pulsions suicidaires. Toutes ces tendances sont parfaitement régulées par un sommeil volontairement dompté.

On est comme des ordinateurs qu'on programme et déprogramme à volonté. Nous nous conditionnons même à nos réussites et à nos échecs futurs.

when things were good, Dominique felt the headiness of a love that really might last for ever when they weren't, she wondered what she was doing with someone who wanted to micro-manage her entire life, including her mind

We slaves don't end relationships. Other people do it for us. Often we don't start them either, other people do it for us. We're encouraged to breed merely to increase the workforce.

U godinama nakon toga shvatit ?u da osoba koja ima kontrolu u vezi ovisi o slabom partneru, a ipak ta tobožnja slaba osoba procvate kad oti?e, dok je ona, navodno ja?a, manje sposobna sama se iznijeti. Ako snagu crpiš pod?injavanjem druge osobe, onda si ti slab i ovisan.

Writing kept her sane. Kept her form spinning out of control. Kept her tongue still whenever some white person spoke down to her. She had to write, it was the only thing that was completely hers, that she could look forward to at the end of her long day.

We freeze up because we expect a certain result or because we want things to be perfect.

When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em.

Let's be very clear. Corporate media is not "objective"; they are not the "referees" trying to provide "all sides of the story." Corporate media are profit-making entities owned and controlled by the ruling class and some of the wealthiest people in the country. And, like all private corporations, they have an agenda.

The very existence of billionaires is not just about who has the money and who doesn't. It is also a manifestation of a corrupt political system, in which immense power over the lives of the great mass of Americans is concentrated in the hands of a small number of people who—through campaign finance arrangements that can only be described as legalized bribery—buy control of our elections and the policies that extend from them.

These same six banks control 95 percent of all derivatives and hold more than 40 percent of all bank deposits in the United States.

I was in charge, but I made logic the boss.

The patient suffers; the family threatens; the colleagues frown; the nurse laughs; Death grins; and the young doctor dances a crazy jig amid the tumult, though once he dreamed he would glide along the floor with Death in a perfectly controlled tango.

To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.

What they could do with round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher's knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs.... Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.