The gatekeepers don’t control the gates, and the powers that be aren’t as powerful.
The big banks advise cities about whether privatization is a wise choice. They also control the ability of states and cities to access the market for their financing needs.
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.
Artists can most definitely control the culture of fashion. Kids and different fans look up to us for dressing pointers.
It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.
I chose as my target the University of Mississippi, which in 1960 was the holiest temple of white supremacy in America, next to the U.S. Capitol and the White House, both of which were under the control of segregationists and their collaborators.
A series of studies in the 1990s and 2000s revealed that as women gained more access to education, jobs, and birth control, they had fewer children. As a result, developed countries in western Europe, Japan, and the Americas were seeing zero or negative population growth.
I try not to worry about nothing I can’t control. I can’t control rumors.
Scaling a business at speed can feel like an out of control roller-coaster.
As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?
There is no ‘us’ and ‘them’; it’s an illusion. We are all human beings, and we all have a responsibility to support one another and to discover ways of wresting the power from the very, very few people who control all the cash and all the property.
If I truly believe everything that’s in that book, God is in control. He is in control. He’s working for my good. Doesn’t mean everything’s going to be smooth, but that’s all I needed to know. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
In the Premier League, the money is a problem, but I don’t really know how to control it.
There is no one with higher expectations of me than myself. I cannot control other’s expectations.
The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and working mothers who take birth control pills.
Kids are born into the situation they’re born into, and obviously, they have no control over that. And we, as adults, it’s up to us to take care of kids – that’s part of your moral responsibility. I always tell people, ‘There’s two groups we should take care of – old people and young people.’
I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there’s a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us.
If bad and inexperienced politicians control power in Nigeria, my wealth may turn into poverty, and I am not ready to become a poor man.
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
I’m all in favour of free expression provided it’s kept rigidly under control.
Control meant not only taking care of myself but living in a much less protected world. And doing that meant growing a tough skin.
Film is a collaborative process, absolutely, but I am a control freak.
I think it’s important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the time, youths who simply haven’t had the right mentors and supporters around them – because of circumstances beyond their control.
What we can control is our readiness.
Yes, it’s a man’s world, but that’s all right because they’re making a total mess of it. We’re chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it’s a difficult task, but it’s not.
The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.
Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I’m learning the value of saying no. That’s very important.
In this industry, very few actors can control their career.
For me, masculinity is about control, and femininity is more of an embrace, the art of listening. It’s very inspiring to explore the shadows of masculinity and femininity, and the tensions between both, and the place of women in the world right now.
There are three things we have no control over: our birth; our emotions, if we’re sincere; and our death.
If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.
Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us. Mindful living is the key to understanding our struggles with weight and to empowering us to control our weight.
The whole American experiment has been predicated on giving individuals as much control over their own lives as possible.
The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we’re not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.
For me, saying ‘I’m bossy’ is a cute, tongue-in-cheek way of saying that I’m in control of my life.
I believe that you are only in control of so much. So whatever you are not in control of you can’t worry about.
I’ve always been fascinated by dreams – they seem like such intriguing evidence of the brain’s obsession with narrative as a form of sense-making. But because dreaming is an unconscious process, we have little control over the stories we tell, so they can be fraught with anxiety, vulnerability, and exposure.
I didn’t want anyone to have control over how people saw me. I wanted to have that power myself.
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
Our only hope is to control the vote.
The entrepreneurial life is one of challenge, work, dedication, perseverance, exhilaration, agony, accomplishment, failure, sacrifice, control, powerlessness… but ultimately, extraordinary satisfaction.
Inspiration is one thing and you can’t control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.
Ultimately, we can’t just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not spend more than we bring in.
You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not.
When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.
No matter what job you have, you’re in control of your attitude. That, to me, is my biggest focus every day – being on the energy bus.
I’ll say initially acting was my first love, and that’s what I pursued. But then, so far as even my first day on a film set, and just watching how things were set up, I just said, ‘I think I want to be in charge.’ I am very much type-A. I am a bit of a control freak.
All I can really control is how I prepare and get ready for whatever team picks me.
I always felt a bit different. When I’m with boys, I feel comfortable. When I’m with girls, I catch feelings. It’s not anything I can control.
A married woman has the same right to control her own body as does an unmarried woman.
At Dell, we believe the customer is in control, and our job is to take all the technology that’s out there and apply it in a useful way to meet the customer’s needs.
There is a core independence and dignity you get when you control your own time.
PayPal was disruptive, it was democratizing, and it had universal appeal. It gave power to millions and millions of individuals and reduced monopolist control from nations, banks, and other huge corporations.
I often ask myself, ‘Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it that most of the social corruptions are in the Middle East and in these Islamic countries?’ The answer is, when you control something, when you suppress something, people try to do it another way.
Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can’t leave everything up to someone else, ’cause then you can look at them and blame them.
You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind, and not rather favor an artificial control of birth, which would be irrational, in order to diminish the number of guests at the banquet of life.
Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.
