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Quotes about Control

The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it.
— Ellen Glasgow
Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance.
— John Malkovich
If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.
— Mark Driscoll
True Wealth is being able to do what I want, when I want. If I can do that, I am wealthy.
— JD Roth
The gods throw the dice and they don't ask whether we want to be in the game or not.
— Paulo Coelho
When you trust your television What you get is what you got Cause when they own the information, oh They can bend it all they want.
— John Mayer
You can't take a play someone has directed and do whatever you want with it.
— John Malkovich
If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.
— Joel Osteen
Proactive people make choices based on values. They think before they act. They recognize they cannot control everything that happens to them, but they can control what they do about it.
— Sean Covey
Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.
— Ayn Rand
A free economy cannot exist without competition. Therefore, men must be forced to compete. Therefore, we must control men in order to force them to be free.
— Ayn Rand
No hay nada que pueda arrebatar a un hombre su libertad, salvo otros hombres.
— Ayn Rand