Controlling Quotes

401 quotes by 351 authors

When we say that a man controls himself, we must specify who is controlling whom. — B.F. Skinner
Innate sensuousness rarely has any desire for accuracy, no desire for precise information. It basks in sunshine, bathes in color, dwells in a sense of… — Theodore Dreiser
What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. — Harry A. Blackmun
Successful men and women become successful because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success. Get the success habit in the small circumstances… — Napoleon Hill
Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. — Ambrose Bierce
Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there… — Edmund Burke
If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to women.… — Michel Odent
That, in essence is Fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any controlling private power. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid… — Adrienne Rich
Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. — Brian Kernighan
You cant be controlling in improv. — Matt Walsh
Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. — Ronald Reagan
The key to controlling your own political party, so that it does not eat you alive, is to realize that while Democratic and Republican leaders… — Dick Morris
Explore your web: the needs, the beliefs, and the emotions that are controlling you so there's more of you to give and so you can… — Tony Robbins
Welfarism and excessive spending and deficits and socialism divide us, because everybody has to go to Washington. Those who have the biggest clout, whose who… — Ron Paul
If he checks your phone bills or shopping receipts, something isn't right. Controlling your partner in any way is unhealthy. I've been with my girlfriend… — Ashley Banjo
Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film. — Don Bluth
Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism… — Bill Maher
It will of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our… — Edward Thorndike
A lot of us have jobs where we need to give people structure but that is different from controlling. — Keith Miller

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