“When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.”
Control quotes
48 control quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“A man should control his life. Mine is controlling me.”
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“Formulas are a complete and utter waste of time.”
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“- Deke Slayton: Jan, you have to trust us. We've got this under control.
- Janet Armstrong: No, you don't. All these protocols and procedures to make it seem like you have it under control. But you're a bunch of boys making models out of balsa wood! You don't have anything under control!”
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“Whoever controls the high ground of space controls the world. The Roman Empire controlled the world because it could build roads. Later, the British Empire was dominant because they had ships. In the Air Stage, we were powerful because we had the airplane. And now the Communists have established a foothold in outer space. Pretty soon they'll...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“- Glen: Well... ever since I burnt a hole in the roof my dad says I can't launch any of my rockets without supervision.
- Terrence 'Terry' Chandler: Hey... I'll supervise.”
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“- Ynyr: I cannot stop the sand.
- Lyssa Widow of the Web: You cannot stop time. Go now. Save the other Lyssa.” -
“Sex was a game to her. She got off on the control. She always used to tell me it had to be her way.”
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“- Lizzie Potts: Oh great, look at this. Hungry Man, cup o' soup, cup o' stew, cop o' noodles...
- Gus Kubicek: Do you mind not indexing my garbage?
- Lizzie Potts: What's this?
- Gus Kubicek: Oh please, by all means, review my mail.
- Lizzie Potts: Get well cards?
- Gus Kubicek: When you're through, my diary is upstairs.”
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“- Daisy Werthan: Did you have the air-conditioning checked? I told you to have the air-conditioning checked.
- Hoke Colburn: I had the air-conditioning checked. I don't know what for. You never allow me to turn it on.”
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“The job of director is to control the illusion.”
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“I can make the sky rain coconuts with pinpoint accuracy, but I still can't control men's minds.”
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“We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all, they are emotionally inexperienced, with only a few years in which to store up the experiences which you and I take for granted. If we gift them with a past, we create a cushion or a pillow for their emotions, and consequently, we can control them better.”
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“Look around you. Everyone in this parking lot is struggling for control. And you know what it is they're trying to control, each and every one of 'em? Fear. They're trying to control their fear.”
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“- Natalia: You pig! Do you think that things will ever be the same again between us?
- Krokov: For the moment, I don't care. But remember, Natalia, while you are here in this comfortable, but inpenetrable fortress, your every move will be watched.”
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“Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.”
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