583 quotes found
“My definition of success is control.”
“Prose is not so dependent on sound. The line of poetry, with the breaking of the line - to me, sound is the kind of doorway into poetry. And my sense of sound, or my ability to control it, lapsed o...”
“Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.”
“You can control what you put in your body - 100 percent. You really can control your level of fitness and how your body looks.”
“Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.”
“Guns go home with the soldiers, but landmines are designed to kill - mindlessly, out of control, for years.”
“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the ...”
“Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.”
“Opponents of legal birth control, including abortion, have tried for decades to play the race card, saying that legal abortion is racist. What they ignore is that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. accept...”
“To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.”
“Only you can control your future.”
“To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's the way we're made.”
“We have only minimal control over the rewards for our work and effort - other peoples validation, recognition, rewards. Its far better when doing the work itself is sufficient. When fulfilling our ...”
“Recognize the signs, these perpetual question and need to control. Never be a part of someone else's obsession. Let them carry it alone, with their snakeskin smile. These are the people that hold t...”
“It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
“To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have already said that Israel has no desire to continue to...”
“The way humor's usually used in horror, it's as a pressure-release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately.”
“So, this war is against the Islam that the West does not control.”
“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
