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Control Quotes

Control is easier to want than to keep.

This page leans into control as it relates to information — encrypted files that let you choose what to surrender, the digital trails automated crawlers can piece together — alongside a more personal admission about having no control over public recognition. See our Controlling quotes for a related angle.

I've worked too hard all my life to have my kids control my life.

Quotes by Steve Schirripa

Following its recognition as a state in 1832, Greece spent most of the remainder of the 19th century under the control of creditors. The pattern started with a default in 1832. In consequence, Greece's finances were put under French administration.

Quotes by Steve Hanke

Following Greece's defeat at the hands of Turkey in 1897, Greece's fiscal house was entrusted to a Control Commission. During the 20th century, the drachma was one of the world's worst currencies. It recorded the world's sixth highest hyperinflation. In...

Quotes by Steve Hanke

Seriously, we are in the midst of the convergence of voice and data and that is challenging the infrastructure of the telephone companies. There are huge commercial interests in the basic technology, but even more so in content delivery and...

Quotes by Steve Crocker

Customers have access to information that gives them much more control over their lives.

Quotes by Steve Easterbrook

When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control.

Quotes by Steve Buscemi

The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't.

Quotes by Steve Chabot

Chefs love to have that control and power to control the message they want to deliver.

Quotes by Steve Chen

Birth control makes women unattractive and crazy.

Quotes by Steve Bannon

You control what you do offensively, defensively. You're controlling who you play, how you want to play.

Quotes by Steve Alford

'Boneless,' even though we were thinking about servicing it to radio, it made more sense putting a vocal on there. This was actually the first time that I really looked at doing a song for radio and kind of let...

Quotes by Steve Aoki

Artists have so much more control of their futures - they don't need to rely so much on major labels or big companies to help them. You have artists like Skrillex that can dominate so much that he gets 5...

Quotes by Steve Aoki

I just really wanted to do art, except when I was taking those photographs of people I would make the clothes that I would photograph them in so I could control the whole thing.

Quotes by Stephen Sprouse

Too often, we say that the Left is wrong but well-intentioned. Some are. But most simply want government to control other people's lives, and they believe in Stalinistic methods to achieve that goal.

Quotes by Stephen Moore

Countries that control water are likely to be the big winners of the future.

Quotes by Stephen Kinzer

I'd say that we dream primarily the same way that we have consciousness of the world for the same reason. Basically, that our brains evolve to simulate reality and to control what's happening around us.

Quotes by Stephen LaBerge

I worry that I will lose control over the projects I get to work on.

Quotes by Stephen Karam

The first thing I did on my diet was take the batteries out of the remote control and make myself get up and change the channel. That's probably the hardest exercise I did.

Quotes by Stephen Furst

Well it is certainly the case that the poems - which were in fact published during Shakespeare's lifetime - are weird if they began or originated in this form, as I think they did, because the poems get out of...

Quotes by Stephen Greenblatt

In a military operation, the command and control elements are a legitimate target.

Quotes by Stephen Hadley

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about data trails and social control?
Yes, one quote observes: "People are leaving trails everywhere they go; automated web crawlers tell you an awful lot about their social activities."
Is there a quote about cryptography giving you control over your own data?
Yes, one quote explains: "I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people-that if you encrypted your files, you would have the control to make the choice."
Is there a quote about not letting something like an award show control your happiness?
Yes, one quote says: "It would be a mistake to hinge my happiness on something so completely out of my control." For more on this theme, see our Controlling quotes.
Is there a quote about lacking control over creative work?
Yes, one quote admits: "I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying." For more on this feeling, see our Controlled quotes.
Where can I find more variations on the theme of control?
Check out our Control Freak quotes for a more intense take, or our Controls quotes for related lines.

Quotes about resisting outside control appear on our Control Freak page, while Controlled quotes look at the other side of that relationship.