Control Quotes

I conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means to control others.

James Baldwin
- God
- Control
They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There isn't enough capability in ordinary people to tinker with such a complicated piece of machinery.

David R. Brower
- People
- Control

When you control communication, you can hide anything you want.

John Scalzi
- Control
- Communication
The next time you hear me attacked as a socialist - like tomorrow - remember this: I don't believe that government should take over the grocery store down the street or control the means of production. But I believe that the middle class and the working families who produce the wealth of America deserve a fair deal.

Bernie Sanders
- Time
- Believe
- Remember
The Christian who is truly intimate with Jesus will never draw attention to himself but will only show the evidence of a life where Jesus is completely in control. This is the outcome of allowing Jesus to satisfy every area of life to its depth. The picture resulting from such a life is that of the strong, calm balance that our Lord gives to those who are intimate with Him.

Oswald Chambers
- Life
- Strong
- Attention
I know that instructional time is a zero-sum game, but if we want kids to do well academically, it's hard to imagine that happening if they don't have some control over their attention.

Angela Duckworth
- Time
- Kids
- Game
It wasn’t the kind of answer he'd expected - too subtly penetrating and leaving too much uncommitted. He reminded himself that it was difficult to control uncommitted people. Once a man had invested his energies, he could be twisted and turned at will... but if the man held back, conserved those energies...

Frank Herbert
- People
- Control
- Leaving
I can't control what life did to me, but I can control how I react. Therein lies the difference.

George Bernard Shaw
- Life
- Control