Quotes About Control

I knew when I was diagnosed with cancer the only thing I could control was what I ate, what I drank and what I would think.

I feel that adoption is a good idea to control population. This would also help orphaned children grow up in a normal way in a family atmosphere that is so important in today's time. The only thing you need is a large heart.

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.

I'm very specific about what I put out on social media about myself. But that's also why I like social media: because it feels like the only thing that I have to control my own image.

The only thing that I know is that if I like a particular script, I want to be as honest to my character as possible. That's the only thing I can control. I have made a lot of decisions on an impulse, and I am going to continue that.

The only thing we can control is the present.

The only thing that is obscene is censorship.

But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened.

The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on the record, the final masters, the artwork. Basically, I hand them a record.

The only thing that we as actors really can control is to be able to say 'yes' or 'no' to the material.

Many kids who are bullied feel helpless. Sometimes, they think the only thing they can do is hope the problem will go away. But there are things you can do to get some control in the situation and it starts with developing a strategy and a support system.

I think about death all the time. I think that's a good thing because we're all going to die, and the only thing we can control is how we are and what we're doing in the meantime.

Performing was something I could cling to. It was the only thing I had some control over and that's why I did it. If I hadn't, I'm not sure which way I'd have gone.

There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.

Stand-up is the only thing I have complete control over. There's something to be said for that.

We think we control our environment, but in fact, it's our environment that controls us. We can't change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring.

The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

That's the problem with the United States. It believes it can control everybody's behavior.

The problem with money issued by any government is that its only value is what those in charge decree.

The problem with acting is that there's really no control. You're at the behest of others.

I have phobias of everything you can name, but the problem with hypnotism is handing control over to someone else - and that is one of my phobias!

In the real world, there's a lot of things that we can't control, but when I step through those ropes I get to control everything.

Hollywood is in control of politics and has imported their action-filled movie scripts into the real world.