Quotes About Dominance

I'm going to outplay you. That's the mentality I have, and you should want to outplay me.

When you're playing a tough guy, all the other guys want to be tough right back at you and it amps them up.

As you sit there and as I sit here, they are going in. They're taking over, and they just walk in and they can do whatever they want. They have essentially already taken it over.

You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.

I'm trying to earn everything given to me. I play hard and I want guys to remember that when they play the Magic they have to face Dwight Howard. And when you face him you have to get after it.

The problem is that the dictator of the tonal wants to eliminate the mystery of life.

The power he commanded insisted upon subjects. Strength was ever relative, and he could not dominate without the company of the dominated.

The bully's greatest terror,' Bugg said, 'comes when he meets someone bigger and meaner—

It was as if a giant invisible hand had reached down to the Crown, closing to gather in every building, crushing them all while pushing down into the hill.

Every body that darted within his reach he grasped, twisted, bent and broke.

They take us at this moment, these unwavering men and women who presume to rule over us, and but point us in the direction of a weaker victim. This is their game, knowing or not, and as ever the assumption is that we'll never turn on our masters – so long as an enemy remains within reach of our blunted, frustrated fury. And

Around Karsa Orlong, I suspect, only Karsa Orlong has his way.

When thugs were in power, educated people were the first to feel their fists. It was so pathetic, really, how so much violence came from someone feeling small.

I am a sword about to leave its scabbard. I am iron, and in the day's light I shall blind you all.

He let out a slow breath, only now realizing he was lying on an ants' nest and its inhabitants were telling him to leave in no uncertain terms. I lie with the weight of a god on their world, and these ants don't like it. We're so much more alike than most would think.

Wealth was measured in control over other people, and the grip of that control could never be permitted to loosen. Odd, then, that this rebellion had had nothing to do with such inequities, that in truth it had been little more than a struggle between those who would be in charge.

Take any segment of population, impose strict yet clear definitions on their particular characteristics, then target them for compliance. Bribe the weak to expose the strong. Kill the strong, and the rest are yours. Move on to the next segment

Power has voice, and that voice is the Song

Bargain from strength or don't bargain at all.

Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?' The Imass shrugged before replying. 'I think of futility, Adjunct.' 'Do all Imass think about futility?' 'No. Few think at all.' 'Why is that?' The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. 'Because Adjunct, it is futile.

But I'm old now and Ward has made himself rich and powerful. He has the resources to ensure that one day he'll perfect his standardising system and if that happens, instead of a thousand Wards there will be a hundred thousand, a million, a billion. He'll grow exponentially until there's nothing and no one else left. Just Ward, Ward, Ward in every house, in every town and every city, in every country in the world. Forever.

the process of controlling people by mentally hijacking their rational thought processes.

You don't want to take over the universe. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it.

When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac, but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do.