Quotes About Control

My goal in life is to get the federal government down to half its present size and under control, and then I can write murder mysteries.

We have seen an outrageous increase in the size, scope, and intrusiveness of the federal government.

Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.

For the most part, my characters don't talk to me. I like to lord over them like some kind of benevolent deity. And, for the most part, my characters go along with it. I write intense character sketches and long, play-like conversations between me and them, but they stay out of the book writing itself.

My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control.

I always think that the ability to fight and defend oneself is a skill that every man should have but endeavour never to use, you know?

I'm an action player. I like to be aggressive. I don't like to be on the run. I like to feel like I have the fates in my hands and that through my skill or lack thereof I control my fate.

Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

Sometimes with anger you can be much more dangerous than with skill.

There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

The marketing of my movies is something I have no control over! I usually am shown things to give input beforehand. Some directors get really involved with that, but it's not what I do. I don't know anything about marketing; it's not my skill set!

I remember Doritos launched a new flavour and the question was whether I could use my skills - as they perceived them - to make people desire and want to try this new flavour. But I like to be in control of the things I do and feel proud of them.

No, I wouldn't direct a movie, no. I couldn't. I don't have the patience for it, I don't have the people skills. You have to be clever. I'm not really clever in that kind of way. And you have to be able to manipulate people, but at the same time allow them to feel like they are manipulating you, to get the kind of movie that you want.

It actually makes perfect sense why women in Hollywood get so skinny: because it's a way of controlling how people see you.

When the door to love opens, The window to control closes.

A gentleman may love like a lunatic, but not like a beast.

No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.

To make one person the center of your world is bound to end in disaster. There are too many factors outside your control.

I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.

Just fear me and love me...and do as I say...and I will be your slave.

- But we can't help falling in love. - We can't help defecating either. But we can choose where and when we are going to do it.

Anxiety is love's greatest killer, because it is like the stranglehold of the drowning.