“...knowing often felt preferable to not knowing. It provided the illusion of control.” — Jordan Castillo Price Copy Share Image
“Anger is how we seek to create an illusion of control where we feel none.” — Nussbaum 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
“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
“The illusion of control makes the helplessness seem more palatable. And when that illusion is taken away, I panic.” — Allie Brosh 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
“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
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
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
“Predictions often give us an illusion of control in situations that are inherently out of our control. Nothing exemplifies this better than… — Heidi Cullen Copy Share Image
“The first step in battling the illusion of control is to be aware of if. But even then it is difficult, once… — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
“In that moment, I welcomed back the light and let go of the fear, the feelings of unworthiness, the past, the loss,… — Ariana Carruth Copy Share Image
When you surrender and release the illusion of control, you begin to free-fall toward your destiny of a grand reunion with your… — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
The secret to gaining the upper hand in a negotiation is to give the other side the illusion of control. Don't try… — Christopher Voss Copy Share Image
“You vote Democrat even if you vote Republican, because they’re two sides of the same coin. So stop flipping that coin. The… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“illusion of control to describe what happens when we place ourselves in the role of agent in a situation that truly lacks… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“Do I see control on all sides, or the illusion of control?" List’s face twisted slightly. "Sometimes the two are one and… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Embroidery is an improbable hobby for someone as disordered as me, but it's the very precision of it that attracts me, the… — Jane Johnson Copy Share Image
“Adulthood brings with it the pernicious illusion of control, and perhaps even depends on it. I mean that mirage of dominion over… — Juan Gabriel Vásquez Copy Share Image
The illusion of control has to be there, but mostly I'm following characters and the consequences of their own decisions, because a… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the strangest thing about this illusion of control is not that it happens but that it seems to confer many of… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
“A natural response when people feel overwhelmed is to retreat into various forms of passivity. If we don’t try too much in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Heavy heart with a mind full of thoughts of doubt and sadness. She is screaming on the inside but only a shout… — MacKenzie Cheesman 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
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
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
“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
