Quotes About Control

Some of the guard bats hung from the tall cardón cactus that partially blocked the entrance to the cave; some guard bats hung along the edge of the cave entrance. The presence of these burly guards, along with the big cardón cactus, created a formidable boundary, a wall of sorts that could be used for controlling entry to the cave. And for the Pallid bats controlling who could enter the cave was precisely the goal.

we're what you call heterogenous. That means we're everywhere, everybody at once. We're both good and bad, right and wrong. We're the great resolvers of conflict. We're like octopuses--because we'll swallow anything. Even men. Even battling and forlorn men like you and your dad. You guys try so hard to be subjects, characters, things, you forget us women are the whole story. We embrace you all. What you really want to destroy is women, that story of yourself you can't control.

no one sees, no one hears cries of despair not very dreamlike; a sense that we're all robots controlled by psychotic state of mind these days. Orwell wasn't far off, just a few years.

anyway i saw it coming from the rooftops. they said the second coming was heading our way tomorrow's world today force fed to us in a tobacco-colored spoon keep us entertained – content - oppressed. we prayed, friend, and they brought it down.

What I really wanted more than anything was to put my boss on the floor and stand on his throat and watch him gag.

Although we honor and revere the Goddess and God, we know that we're free souls with full control and responsibility of our lives. We can't point at an image of an evil god, such as Satan, and blame it for our faults and weaknesses.

Fear is not a bad thing, soldier. We all have fears. Fear only becomes bad when you become so afraid of that fear that you freeze, and you let that fear take control of you so much that you cannot fight.

Take control of your emotions before your emotions take control of you.

Actions may be outside our control. Few people choose to be addicted to opioids or to be poor. Yet people take actions that produce those outcomes.

Rape, pillage, plunder, gouge, extort, and beat... your imagination.

It was strange, how readily authority could be conjured with nothing but a bit of strutting jackassery.

What is government but theft by consent?

You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time." Chinese Proverb

The more in control the mark thinks they are, the more easily they respond to real control.

What is government but theft by consent? You'll be moving in a society of kindred spirits.

it was always impossible to put a price on making your enemy shit their breeches.

Barsavi knew how to create expectations, Locke, and how to use those expectations to mislead those who would harm him.

You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.

The more in control the mark thinks they are, the more easily the respond to real control.

What you prefer, little tyrant, has nothing to do with what I am telling you. For the rest of the night, you can drink beer or air; the choice is entirely yours.

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

There are more trade regulations imposed upon bananas than upon AK-47s.

According to a study done by Mekuin University in Canada, playing video games before bedtime actually gives a person the ability to control their dreams. It also suggests that gamers are more likely to have lucid dreams as opposed to non gamers.