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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.

It ain't gun control we need; it's sin control.

Quotes by Si Robertson

I'm in control of my musical career, which means more than awards and record sales. And that freedom is exactly what my dad fought for, too.

Quotes by Shooter Jennings

I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day...

Quotes by Shirley Manson

The hatred and the vitriol against Donald Trump has nothing to do with Donald Trump. It has to do with the fact that the academic priesthood lost control of what they call quote-unquote 'ordinary rednecks' - that they're stupid, they...

Quotes by Shiva Ayyadurai

I'm the darkie you can't control!

Quotes by Shiva Ayyadurai

I discovered the foundations of Ayurveda and Siddha, and more importantly I found that all of Western control systems engineering principles had actually been discovered by the great ancient Indian sages, 5,000 years ago.

Quotes by Shiva Ayyadurai

The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control.

Quotes by Shimon Peres

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.

Quotes by Sheryl Crow

You have to know when to give up control, and if you go to a good restaurant, you have to give it up - it's a trust factor.

Quotes by Sherry Yard

Benchmark has threatened to block investments that could bolster Uber's competitive position in global markets by bargaining over board seats and its own control.

Quotes by Shervin Pishevar

Uber was probably the perfect inflection point of a world that is changing so fast in terms of consumers that are... pushing that button and using the mobile phone as the remote control for their life.

Quotes by Shervin Pishevar

Not knowing whom to fall in love with is like not knowing which film to make next. Life is pretty chaotic; it's just an illusion that one has control over one's life.

Quotes by Shekhar Kapur

I have had almost every job under the sun, it feels like. One of the first jobs I took was as a door-to-door pest control salesman in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Quotes by Shay Carl

What leads us astray is confusing more choices with more control. Because it is not clear that the more choices you have the more in control you feel. We have more choices than we've ever had before.

Quotes by Sheena Iyengar

My power is the ability to control water molecules and form them into ice.

Quotes by Shawn Ashmore

'The Magus,' usually described as a book for the young, is about learning that the world is a mysterious and limitless place, beyond our control, and all the more exciting - and daunting - because of it.

Quotes by Sharon Bolton

There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer.

Quotes by Shannon Hoon

In life, you can't control what other people are going to do; you can't control how they're going to behave. All you can control is how you're going to react.

Quotes by Shangela

I have control of my recurrent corneal erosion, as opposed to it having control of me.

Quotes by Shannon Bream

Film is a collaborative process, absolutely, but I am a control freak.

Quotes by Shane Carruth

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.