Control Quotes

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

~ Robert Frost

The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.

~ Ted Nugent

There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.

~ John Muir

We should recognize that nationalism does not mean discriminating against people of a different nationality. It simply means not allowing such people to seize our political power, for only when we Han are in control politically do we have a nation.

~ Sun Yat-Sen

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

~ Wole Soyinka

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

~ Andrew Carnegie

No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.

~ Stephen Kinzer

When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.

~ Leland Stanford

If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.

~ Howard Zinn

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

~ Paul Auster

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

~ Lena Headey

Years ago, it was pretty hard to get people to empathize even a little bit with scaly, cold-blooded critters; now, thanks a lot to good PR from television, it is easier to get the message of reptile conservation and tolerance across. We have a lot to be thankful to reptiles for, not the least of which is their control of rodents.

~ Romulus Whitaker

The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following God's plan seems like it doesn't make any sense at all. God is always in control and he will never leave us.

~ Allyson Felix

I've said all along that God is in control.

~ Tony Dungy

Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

~ Tony Robbins

We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.

~ Gary Zukav

When you're young, you don't have any experience - you're charged up, but you're out of control. And if you're old and you're not charged up, then all you have is memories. But if you're charged and stimulated by what's going on around you, and you also have experience, you know what to appreciate and what to pass by.

~ Neil Young

The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center.

~ Orville Wright

I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I'm in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they don't know who they're talking to. I have a lot of common experiences.

~ Harrison Ford

I'm very type-A, and many things in my life are about control and domination, but eating should be a submissive experience, where you let down your guard and enjoy the ride.

~ Anthony Bourdain

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

~ Blaise Pascal

You've got Washington picking winners and losers. And so, all of a sudden, decisions are being made on what helps politicians, not what helps the economy. Some will call it socialism. Some will call it a command and control economy. Whatever it is, it's antithetical to the American experience.

~ Jeb Hensarling

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.

~ Noam Chomsky

I think fear is what keeps us from going over the edge. I mean, as a race car driver, I don't think what makes a good race car driver is a fearless person. I think it's somebody that is comfortable being behind the wheel of something that's somewhat out of control.

~ Jeff Gordon

Do what you fear most and you control fear.

~ Tom Hopkins

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

~ Tom Landry

The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.

~ Paul Ryan

Bill Gates can't control a high-level-energy dog, because his energy is very low, very calm. Very intellectual. A dog doesn't see that as leadership.

~ Cesar Millan

I totally disagree with the premise that al Qaeda is on the path to defeat. Quite the contrary, al Qaeda has deliberately decentralized its operations - not because of the relentless attacks we have had on its national leadership in Pakistan, but because its strategic objective is to dominate and control Muslim countries in the region.

~ Jack Keane

Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.

~ Margaret J. Wheatley

When Xi Jinping came to power, there were a series of hints that market-based capitalism would be allowed to move forward under his leadership. At the first real threat, they've fallen over themselves to impose government control.

~ Roger Altman

There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.

~ Kenneth H. Cooper

Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.

~ John C. Maxwell

When I'm off the road, and I can really control my diet down to the calorie, I juice seven days a week. Every afternoon, whatever I have at hand, beets, carrots, ginger, whatever. I juice, literally, every single day. And on the road, I try to find fresh juice wherever I can.

~ Henry Rollins

I think cooking is really key because it's the only way you're going to take back control of your diet from the corporations who want to cook for us. The fact is, so far, corporations don't cook that well. They tend to use too much salt, fat, and sugar - much more than you would ever use at home.

~ Michael Pollan

It starts with your diet and then to your exercise... you have to make the right decisions as a consumer and learn about carbs and proteins as well as watching your portion control, and from there you have to stay active as much as possible.

~ Apolo Ohno

I try to cook more now so I can control my diet and what I ingest.

~ Sara Sampaio

Calories from protein affect your brain, your appetite control center, so you are more satiated and satisfied.

~ Mark Hyman

The first thing I did on my diet was take the batteries out of the remote control and make myself get up and change the channel. That's probably the hardest exercise I did.

~ Stephen Furst