I think it's important to be in control of my own destiny; to a lot of people I'm just a product, so… — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
You don't have to be a veteran to know that the defense budget is out of control when you have a trillion-dollar… — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Some people may not like me when they have a pen in their hand, so they write what they want. That's fine.… — Darrelle Revis Copy Share Image
“And then Mum spoons the coffee a little as if she’s having fantasies of flinging it in Britt-Marie’s face. But in a… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
When you react to things, that's when you get into trouble and it's tough to completely control a split-second reaction. — Brad Marchand Copy Share Image
When I got on my first set, I watched what the cinematographer was doing, and at that level in film school, the… — Reed Morano Copy Share Image
I want to be back behind the plate as long as I can. I can help the team that way, and I… — Joe Mauer Copy Share Image
The brain constantly assures us, reassures us, that we are in control. But the closer you look, the more questions you have… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
In other fitness pursuits, you may have learned to go through the motions first and perfect your form second. In Pilates, it's… — Denise Austin Copy Share Image
A lot of times in life, it's personal choices that you're making, actively, and then there's a myriad of forces and circumstances… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
“When a man modifies or adorns a woman's name, or dispatches an endearment into her vicinity, he is attempting at once to… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
The fact is that a bill allowing any employer to deny insurance coverage based on a moral objection - along with giving… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
My business partner Warren Adams and I formed our company WalkRunFly as part of what felt like a logical progression: if you… — Brandon Victor Dixon Copy Share Image
You never want to be in a defensive mode or have a defensive mindset. You always want to know that you're in… — Clayton Kershaw Copy Share Image
“The more God asks us to participate in His mysteries, the more disoriented we become, because He asks us constantly to follow… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I love singing opera, but the world surrounding it is not me. I want to be barefoot. I want to be in… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
Obviously, sometimes - most of the time - you can't control the outcome. But if you make fundamentally sound decisions over time,… — Viktor Hovland Copy Share Image
From middle age on, there's nothing more vital to your health and weight control than building lean muscle mass, and the only… — Suzanne Somers Copy Share Image
I have three Defensive Players of the Year. Only one other player has done that. But being a defensive lineman, it's hard… — J. J. Watt Copy Share Image
I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
There is a whole crazy world around you. You can't control it, so don't even try. Because the more you try to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
I started free-soloing harder and harder routes, kind of proving to myself that I could take control of this, pretty much the… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I love 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' but in some ways I think 'The Lake of Dreams' is a stronger book. I was able… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
Where we once had a lot of independent businesses, a lot of local businesses, a lot of variety, we now actually just… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
Pushing Tin,' I went to air traffic control school in Toronto for that. Passed with flying colors, by the way. If I… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself...Almost inevitably, he comes… — HL Mencken America Writer Copy Share Image
I try to let my highs not be too high and my lows not be too low. And I do that just… — Luol Deng Copy Share Image
“You’re one of those kinds of women—those kinds of people I should say—as am I.” “And what kind of woman is that?”… — Olivia Fuller Copy Share Image
I really don't pay attention to the outside world when I'm incarcerated, because being in prison is like being in a different… — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I started off as a model maker, so the first part of my career was a model maker and then a motion… — John Knoll Copy Share Image
I've been deeply influenced by Aristotle's idea that virtue is a habit, something you practice and get better at, rather than something… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
With chess it was almost this palpable electricity that I felt. You're totally in control of your own fate. There's no luck… — Daniel Naroditsky Copy Share Image
Decentralized consensus technology will reach the mainstream when products are built that both empower consumers to take control of their own data… — Nick Tomaino Copy Share Image
Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift, but other times it is… — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
So the universe is the sacred silence and sleep, and the kids are the disorder. So how do you control the disorder… — Shavo Odadjian Copy Share Image
“Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein as granting authority to others: It is basically saying, 'Maybe I need… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
There is often better opportunity attached to fame, at least career-wise. But it's a flash. You can't control it. You can't depend… — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
