I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests. – Haile Selassie
The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives. – Helen Mirren
We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America. Period. – George Tenet
If we don’t get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It’s time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties. – Harvey Weinstein
When the Americans were trying to conquer the Navajos, they felt this need to capture Canyon de Chelly like it was the Navajo capital. It was a meeting place and a sanctuary of last refuge. To control Canyon de Chelly was to control the Navajo people. – Hampton Sides
Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There are more things to worry about in the world than a messed-up audition. It’s out of your hands. So often, it’s not down to acting abilities but something an actor has no control over. So go in, be prepared, do your job, and go and enjoy the rest of your day. – Gregg Sulkin
When I’m off the road, and I can really control my diet down to the calorie, I juice seven days a week. Every afternoon, whatever I have at hand, beets, carrots, ginger, whatever. I juice, literally, every single day. And on the road, I try to find fresh juice wherever I can. – Henry Rollins
The reason I became a manager was to have full control over training. If you are a coach, you are bound by what the manager wants you to coach. The other reason is that I just like the company of football people. – Gordon Strachan
If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. – Howard Zinn
You can look at what I did in the Senate. I did introduce legislation to rein in compensation. I looked at ways that the shareholders would have more control over what was going on in that arena. And specifically said to Wall Street, that what they were doing in the mortgage market was bringing our country down. – Hillary Clinton
If the parties would brand themselves the way Coke and Pepsi and other products do so that you knew what you were buying, it had quality control. I vote for the Republican. He or she will not raise my taxes. I’ll buy one. I’ll take that one home. – Grover Norquist
I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can’t control it. – Guy Fieri
When discussing overall impacts on employment, it is important not to overlook the new technologies and industries that can be driven by pollution control standards. – Gina McCarthy
I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right. – Henry Bessemer
In Kenya, crime and terrorism are deeply linked, not least by the failure of successive Kenyan governments to control either. – Giles Foden
Art and science are intrinsically the same except for one thing. The universe is in control of your science, whether it’s right or wrong, and the public are in control of your art – if they’re going to buy it, if you’re going to make a living that way. – Harry Kroto
Buying a banner, you have no control whether ten different people see your ad once, or one person sees it ten times. – Gil Penchina
Sometimes when things are way too big and I can’t control it, I do sort of a weird thing where I kind of check out a little bit. It’s all about self-preservation for me. – Hoda Kotb
But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and dangerous to fit into old concepts. – Henry L. Stimson
The Constitution wanted artists to have control over their works because they knew it would create incentive to create more works. That is clearly still the goal. – Hilary Rosen
We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy. – Henry Miller
I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I’m in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they don’t know who they’re talking to. I have a lot of common experiences. – Harrison Ford
A lot of what I do as a showrunner is anxiety control. People get nervous when they don’t know what’s going on, so a big part of my job is making sure everyone has all of the information all of the time. – Glen Mazzara
I embrace treats, but I’m also very wary of treats. Treats help us feel energized, appreciated, and enthusiastic – but very often, the things we choose as ‘treats’ aren’t good for us. The pleasure lasts a minute, but then feelings of guilt, loss of control, and other negative consequences just deepen the lousiness of the day. – Gretchen Rubin
I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it’s an old system that we can’t control. – Hayao Miyazaki
There are nights when you are lucky enough to tap into something about yourself that you are unaware of and can’t possibly control, and somehow, at that moment, other people can view it or sense it or feel it. – Heather Watts