Controlling Quotes

401 quotes by 345 authors

You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm. — Sam Harris
In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere… — Alfie Kohn
All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't. — Charles Bukowski
Who imprisoned me here? Who keeps me here? Who can release me? Who's controlling and constraining my life except...me? — Alan Moore
When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be… — Michael Ende
The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us — Gloria Steinem
Even though I am still injured, I had to fight again today.Luckily this time,I was paired against Myra,who couldn't throw a good punch if someone… — Veronica Roth
Perhaps it is controlling the chaos within more than the chaos without. — Erin Morgenstern
The irony of the process of thought control: the more energy you put into trying to control your ideas and what you think about, the… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Idiot - A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is… — Ambrose Bierce
Normally my sister, Sadie, or some of our other initiates from Brooklyn House would've come with me. But they were all at the First Nome,… — Rick Riordan
It appears to me that the subject of music, from Machaut to Boulez, has always been its construction. Melodies of 12-tone rows just don't happen.… — Morton Feldman
~Trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an… — Brooke Shields
Religion is defined as belief in and worship of a controlling power and atheism is precisely not that. — Bill Maher
Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions. — John F. Kennedy
To be honest with you, I worry about concentration of ownership in media, where you have a handful of media conglomerates largely controlling what we… — Bernie Sanders
"Historians of every generation, I believe, unless they are pure antiquarians, see history against the background - the controlling background - of current events. They… — Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
Most people assume that meditation is all about stopping thoughts, getting rid of emotions, somehow controlling the mind. But actually it's ... about stepping back,… — Andy Puddicombe
Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better… — Oscar de la Renta
I have serious adult acne, am almost legally blind and have to work at controlling my weight. — Georgette Mosbacher

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