Little Control Quotes

20 quotes by 19 authors

Our enthusiasm for digital technology about which we have little understanding and over which we have little control leads us not toward greater agency, but… — Douglas Rushkoff
Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down… — Trevor Baylis
History unfolds itself by strange and unpredictable paths. We have little control over the future; and none at all over the past. — Winston Churchill
We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can't control the weather or the economy, and we can't control what other people say… — Warren W. Wiersbe
I have so little control over the act of writing that it's all I can do to remain conscious. — David Rakoff
The less control people had over their work, the higher their blood pressure during work hours. Moreover, blood pressure at home was unrelated to the… — Sheena Iyengar
Why have I so little control? It is the case of much waste and pain in my life. — Virginia Woolf
The sky above us is something we have very little control of, and the space beyond is something we don't completely understand. — Morena Baccarin
The great European dream was to diminish militant nationalism. We would all be happy Europeans together. But we are going to see the old monster… — Antony Beevor
We whine about things we have little control over; we lament what we believe ought to be changed. — Philip Yancey
Man is a machine which reacts blindly to external forces and, this being so, he has no will, and very little control of himself, if… — P D Ouspensky
The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic. — Julian Barnes
Like driving along a bumpy road and losing control of the steering wheel, tossing youâ€”just a tadâ€”off the road. The wheels kick up some dirt,… — Jay Asher
There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness… — Leo Buscaglia
Yes, it feels great to plan your life when you believe everything can turn out fine. But what about when you're shown, again and again,… — Jay Asher
~One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be a blissful romance with me at the helm,… — Amanda Peet
The truth is, success often occurs for reasons we don't expect, under circumstances over which we have little control and sometimes unrelated to our own… — Harvey Mackay
Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have a great deal… — Tracy Kidder
The digital revolution has wrest a little control away from corporate publishers and white, male, middle-aged critics, but the financial value put on the job… — Sara Sheridan
We have some control over when we retire. However, we have very little control over how long we will live. — Gordon Smith

Who Wrote These Little Control Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 20 Little Control Quotes as follows: