“Anger is how we seek to create an illusion of control where we feel none.” — Nussbaum Copy Share Image
“...knowing often felt preferable to not knowing. It provided the illusion of control.” — Jordan Castillo Price Copy Share Image
Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“If you hold on to the handle, she said, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if… — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Radical acceptance rests on letting go of the illusion of control and a willingness to notice and accept things as they are… — Marsha M. Linehan Copy Share Image
If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just… — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
TV shows and movies are a rare form of atemporality, and in an ever-changing, always-on world, spoilers feel irrefutable - sheer access… — Jenna Wortham Copy Share Image
“When you release the illusion of control, you begin an effortless free-fall toward a grand reunion with your original self.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I think we are all insecure, and there is nothing wrong in accepting that. But the problem arises when we try to… — Sushant Singh Rajput Copy Share Image
“Unbelief is the friction that keeps persuasion in check,” Dutton says. “Without it, there’d be no limits.” Giving your counterpart the illusion… — Chris Voss Copy Share Image
“He was attracted to this edge of unknowing, of hope and fear, he instinctively knew that surfing it was precondition for growth… — Matt Padwick Copy Share Image
“He said that my problem was that I was perfectly healthy and had the illusion that I would be able bodied forever.… — James C. Coyne Copy Share Image
“People who do affirmations will have the sensation that they are causing the environment to conform to their will. This is an… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“ask for help with one of the greatest-of-all-time calibrated questions: “How am I supposed to do that?” The critical part of this… — Chris Voss Copy Share Image
The two of you are getting downright chatty, aren't you, Ms. Lane? When did you last see him? what else did he… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing... Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“We don’t need to identify concrete solutions to all our problems. We don’t need to create the illusion of control amid uncertain… — Lori Deschene Copy Share Image
“For years, i lived my life, waiting for the other shoe to drop... i thought control was something i could have over… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
“We focus on our goal, anchor on our plan, and neglect relevant base rates, exposing ourselves to the planning fallacy. We focus… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“A market need no longer be run by the Invisible Hand, but now could create itself-its own logic, momentum, style, from inside.… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“I don't like when I can't control what reality is doing. Which is unfortunate because reality works independently of the things I… — Allie Brosh Copy Share Image
“When you originally approved this trip, what did you have in mind?” He visibly relaxed as he sat back in his chair… — Chris Voss Copy Share Image
“We humans have a natural tendency to search for solutions and irrational explanations as soon as we are confronted with fear. Since… — Manuel Lempereur Copy Share Image
“Much of the stress in our lives comes as a result of our insistence on maintaining the illusion of control. We so… — Kenneth Boa Copy Share Image
“What is it, really, that we could lose if we handed ourselves over to the discernment of faith? Would we really lose… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
“I feel to that the gap between my new life in New York and the situation at home in Africa is stretching… — Peter Godwin Copy Share Image
“If, when he disappeared through his portal, he went to Faery, time moves differently there.” “That’s what V’lane said.” I emptied the… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“You make plans and decisions assuming randomness and chaos are for chumps. The illusion of control is a peculiar thing because it… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“Blame is a Defense Against Powerlessness Betrayal trauma changes you. You have endured a life-altering shock, and are likely living with PTSD… — Sandra Lee Dennis Copy Share Image
“Never mistake complacence for the illusion of control. She is like wildfire, at once utterly beguiling and wholly untameable.” — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“When we are healthy, wealthy and powerful, we forget about our mortality. It’s only when irreparable cracks set in that we come… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“The illusion of control makes the helplessness seem more palatable. And when that illusion is taken away, I panic.” — Allie Brosh Copy Share Image
“Was he just humouring me? Just giving me the illusion of control while he manipulated me into doing what he wanted with… — Ripley Patton Copy Share Image
“Debate is an attempt to cling to the illusion of control provided by a point of view designed to keep the ego… — Oli Anderson Copy Share Image
