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.
Unfortunately, the author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.
The chances of getting Townes to like it were very remote. When I wrote 'Til I Gain Control Again,' Townes Van Zandt sort of nodded. And I thought, 'Yes!'
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Whatever solutions there are for flood control need to be bipartisan.
I have been pleased to receive petitions from groups that seek a range of new gun control measures and groups and individuals who believe additional laws are unnecessary or unwise.
Players who win on a clay surface are those who can control the ball, playing steadily and accurately from the back-court, keeping the ball in play and moving it around with changes of speed and spin, and resisting the temptation...
As a restaurateur, my job is to basically control the chaos and the drama. There's always going to be chaos in the restaurant business.
The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and abortion.
The professionals at the State Board of Elections must assume control of the county board of elections operations in Bladen County, which has shown itself incapable of managing fair elections.
I needed something deeper than the Catholic faith, and Buddha helps me control myself.
You can't 'control' a Mars mission from Earth. The Mars mission is going to have to be controlled by the people on Mars... There is just too much involved that is out of sight of Earth.
We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives.
Some artists imagine they've got a hold on this apparatus, which in fact has got a hold of them. As a result, they end up supporting a cultural prison that is out of their control.
The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.
I think people are going to have a choice to make in the fall. But I think there's no doubt there are enough seats in play that could cause Republicans to gain control. There's no doubt about that.
A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.
Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.
But I think Barry Sonnenfeld let his ego go out of control. He told me in a meeting that he had to do something to make it his film.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a quote about data trails and social control?
Is there a quote about cryptography giving you control over your own data?
Is there a quote about not letting something like an award show control your happiness?
Is there a quote about lacking control over creative work?
Where can I find more variations on the theme of control?
Quotes about resisting outside control appear on our Control Freak page, while Controlled quotes look at the other side of that relationship.
