Quotes About Control

Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.

Power (n) The only narcotic regulated by the SEC instead of the FDA.

Shell to DOS... Come in DOS, do you copy Shell to DOS...

The sad truth is that if people could actually use the Force, most would only use it to get a drink from the refrigerator.

Obedience is only practiced by the cowardly.

Trying to maintain order during a legalized gang brawl involving 80 toughs with a little whistle, a hanky and a ton of prayer.

To the person who seizes two things, one always slips from his grasp!

Nihil nimis [Nothing in excess].

Cuius regio eius religio [He who controls the area controls the religion].

Divide et impera [Divide and rule].

The organization of society is the slavery of individuals, and its disorganization brings freedom.

I am told that it is for my good that I am governed; however, as I give my money to be governed, it follows that it is for my good that I give my money, which is possible; but which nevertheless deserves to be checked.

All these men who say that the people must govern themselves, really govern the people.

So, like today, the government machine kept, as it does, the same cogs, and I can only change the hand that turns the crank.

It is necessary, either that the government devours the country, or that the country absorbs the government.

There are no bigger GOONs than politicians.

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The formulation I presented should not diminish our determination to control external circumstances to the advantage of individuals and society, or our resolve to develop, invent, or perfect the cultural instruments with which we can make the world better: ethics, law, art, science, technology.

Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future happiness as we blindly rush in where angels fear to tread. In these out-of-control moments, we bulldoze through the best possible outcomes for our lives, only to return to the scene of the crime later to cry over spilt milk.

it is wrong to see today's high inequality as the product of forces over which we have no control,

We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it.

We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.

That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.

What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you. You are always a slave to what you're not aware of. When you're aware of it, you're free from it. It's there, but you're not affected by it. You're not controlled by it; you're not enslaved by it. That's the difference.