259 Best control Quotes

You can't consume much if you sit still and read books.
Brave New World consumerism ignorance Leisure control Economics
The world's stable now. People are happy; they get what they want, and they never want what they can't get.
Brave New World Happiness control conditioning Satisfaction utopia/dystopia
Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning; truth and beauty can't.
Brave New World Happiness Truth Beauty Stability control
That is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny.
Brave New World conditioning Happiness control Destiny Society
We condition the masses to hate the country, but we also condition them to love all country sports. At the same time, we see to it that all country sports shall entail the use of elaborate apparatus. So that they consume manufactured articles as well as transport.
Brave New World conditioning consumerism Economics control Nature
You can't make tragedies without social instability.
Brave New World Art Stability Suffering Emotion control
The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.
Brave New World Individuality control Danger Power Stability
I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. – Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray control Emotion Hedonism Soul corruption
Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. It has not been a popular move with the people who would like to keep track of him.
Slaughterhouse-Five Time order Society control
I must hold his pain where it is, he thought. Mine does not matter. I can control mine. But his pain could drive him mad. – Santiago
The Old Man and the Sea Empathy Suffering control Brotherhood
Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it.
Invisible Man Power control Confidence
I am the master of my fate and the captain of my soul. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Fate self-determination Strength control invictus
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Politics Power Strategy Planning control
Your focus determines your reality. – Qui-Gon Jinn
Star Wars The Phantom Menace Mindfulness Destiny control Perspective
I am not going to sit on my ass as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. I'm going to take a stand. I'm going to defend it. Right or wrong, I'm going to defend it. – Cameron
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Life Action control Anxiety
You must let go of the illusion of control.
Grand Master Oogway Kung Fu Panda control Acceptance Surrender
The panda will never fulfill his destiny, nor you yours, until you let go of the illusion of control.
Grand Master Oogway Kung Fu Panda control Destiny Letting Go
The best way to bring folks together is to give them a common enemy. – The Wizard
Wicked Politics Scapegoating control
You don't pull the trigger, you change the game. – Cipher
Fast and Furious manipulation control Strategy
You just gotta decide whether you're gonna be a driver or a passenger. A driver is in control of his own destiny. A passenger is just along for the ride. – Buddy
Fast and Furious Life control Destiny Choice
Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. – President Snow
The Hunger Games Hope fear control oppression
It's the things we love most that destroy us. – President Snow
The Hunger Games Love control Vulnerability Power
The freedom has a cost. – President Snow
The Hunger Games Power control Consequence Rebellion
I don't trust a doctor who can't speak English. – Don Corleone
The Godfather Power control Humor
Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment. – Michael Corleone
The Godfather Strategy pragmatism control
The key to a happy life is to accept you are never actually in control. – Dr. Ian Malcolm
Jurassic Park Chaos control Life Acceptance
Now you wait just a minute! You didn't finish your SUPPER! – Mama Boucher
The Waterboy Family control Humor Food
Foosball is the devil! – Mama Boucher
The Waterboy Family Humor Religion control
Vicki Vallencourt is a devil woman with boobies. – Mama Boucher
The Waterboy Family Humor Love control
Now, I can't let you do that, Bobby. That's the devil's music! – Mama Boucher
The Waterboy Family control Humor Religion
You're gonna do it by my rules, or you're not gonna do it at all! – Mama Boucher
The Waterboy Family control Conflict Independence
The spice must flow. – Baron Harkonnen
Dune Spice Power commerce control
The word is a killing word. – Paul Atreides
Dune Power voice Bene Gesserit control
Power over spice is power over all. – Baron Harkonnen
Dune Spice Power control Politics
I put a spell on you, and now you're mine! – Sarah Sanderson
Hocus Pocus Magic control Seduction Spell
Harry taught me the code. And it kept me safe. And it kept other people safe from me. – Dexter Morgan
Dexter Family code control Morality
There is no such thing as coincidence, only the illusion of coincidence. – V
V for Vendetta Fate control Destiny order
This country needs more than a building right now. It needs hope. – Chancellor Sutler
V for Vendetta Hope control fear Government
Fear became the ultimate tool of this government. – V
V for Vendetta fear control Government oppression
I’ve learned that fear is a great motivator. – Mel Medarda
Arcane Power control Politics
You're not done. You're not done until I dismiss you. – Terence Fletcher
Whiplash control authority Power
What are you looking at? Turn around. – Terence Fletcher
Whiplash Intimidation control Focus
I'm upset. – Terence Fletcher
Whiplash control Intimidation understatement
I don't wanna be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me. – Miklo
Blood In Blood Out Ambition Change identity control
The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. – Morpheus
The Matrix system control oppression Rebellion
You hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability. – Agent Smith
The Matrix Fate Power control Inevitability
Choice. The problem is choice. – The Architect
The Matrix Choice control system anomaly causality
Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength and your greatest weakness. – The Architect
The Matrix Hope Humanity Strength weakness control
What do all men with power want? More power. – The Oracle
The Matrix Power corruption control Ambition
You are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind. – Morpheus
The Matrix control slavery Illusion mind Freedom
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