Events Controlled Quotes

News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.

— Jessica Savitch

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

— Abraham Lincoln

I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them.

— John Adams

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years…

— Abraham Lincoln