Controlling Quotes

401 quotes by 351 authors

Plants with leaves no more efficient than today's solar cells could out-compete real plants, crowding the biosphere with an inedible foliage. Tough omnivorous bacteria could… — K. Eric Drexler
A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the most controlling people may be… — Richard Rohr
[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . . and I am… — Noah Webster
The inference to which we are brought is that the causes of faction cannot be removed and that relief is only to be sought in… — James Madison
On many occasions I have been asked if I think persecution will come to the Western church. My answer might surprise you. I believe that… — Brother Yun
Controlling the position of one's body and keeping a straight back are not contemplation, but can in fact become an obstacle to contemplation. ...when leaving… — Namkhai Norbu
A God capable of continuously monitoring and controlling the individual status of every particle in the universe cannot be simple. His existence is going to… — Richard Dawkins
It happens over and over againâ€”a group of people come together, fired up with passion to create change. They begin with huge inspiration and enthusiasmâ€”and… — Starhawk
Does the brain control you or are you controlling the brain? I don't know if I'm in charge of mine. — Karl Pilkington
It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young… — Ron Howard
Nelson Mandela stood up against a great injustice and was willing to pay a huge price for that. That's the reason he's mourned today, because… — Rick Santorum
The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. — John Huston
Based on every statement Iâ€™ve heard out of any Republican in the last two years, the Israelis are controlling our government. — Bill Maher
Technologies for stimulating the brain and controlling the mind can have benefits, but they have a dark side that military and intelligence planners have been… — Nick Begich
The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq. — Bashar al-Assad
One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress… — Eleanor Roosevelt
So let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared or angry that… — Orson Scott Card
We can choose to use our growing knowledge to enslave people in ways never dreamed of before, depersonalizing them, controlling them by means so carefully… — Carl Rogers
If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or by changing the internalized sentences,… — Albert Ellis
In the traditional view, a person is free. He is autonomous in the sense that his behavior is uncaused. He can therefore be held responsible… — B.F. Skinner

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