Self-control quotes

“She's as beautiful as death, as seductive as sin, and as cold as virtue.”
Luis Buñuel On Catherine Deneuve

“It should have been perfect. I mean he had me, Nicky Santoro, his best friend watching his ass. And he had Ginger, the woman he loved on his arm. But in the end, we fucked it all up. It should have been so sweet, too. But it turned out to be the last time that street guys like us were ever given anything that fuckin' valuable again.”

Joe Pesci - Nicky Santoro

“Never lose control. Never let the monster out.”
Josh Brolin - Dwight

“You just have to take control of your own performance.”
Damian Lewis

“Above all: self control.”
Eleanor Audley - Lady Tremaine

“- Dr. Watson: Where's your self-control?
- Sherlock Holmes: Fair question.
- Dr. Watson: Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
- Sherlock Holmes: Thoroughly. This will take care of it.”

Colin Blakely - Dr. Watson
Robert Stephens - Sherlock Holmes

“A ninja is honest and good. His mind, body and spirit are one. He has self-control. He has discipline.”
Michael Treanor - Rocky

“- Black: You run your mouth too much. You learn to control your mouth, you might could fuck both of 'em.
- Blue: I don't wanna fuck both of 'em.”

Master P - Black
Anthony Johnson - Blue

“- Reed Richards: You need to control yourself, and think before you act.
- Johnny Storm: Yeah, but you see, that's your problem; you always think, you never act!”
Ioan Gruffudd - Reed Richards
Chris Evans - Johnny Storm

“Donkey, two things okay? Shut... up!”
Mike Myers - Shrek

“I don't know who I am, but I know what keeps me alive is restraint. Keeps me out of jail. Keeps me from hurting people. A mark of some fucked-up faith that there's a reason. A reason for all of this. A reason in most moments I shouldn't do what I wanna do. I do as I'm told.”

Nicolas Cage - Joe

“The students are supposed to keep their minds on their studies and you girls must remember, that we're only here to satisfy their appetite... for food.”
Dorothy Comingore - Tearoom Hostess

“Has anybody ever told you you have a serious impulse-control problem?”

Jim Carrey - Riddler

“- Dr. Elizabeth 'Betty' Ross: Maybe your mind is in there, it's just overcharged and can't process what's happening.
- Bruce Banner: I don't want to control it. I want to get rid of it.”

Liv Tyler - Dr. Elizabeth 'Betty' Ross
Edward Norton - Bruce Banner

“I have complete control over everything I do. A year or two back, this was considered to be some kind of victory of Art over Tyranny. Now I'm not so sure.”
Gregory Peck

“- Micky Rosa: There's one more thing, Ben, and this is important. We're counting cards, we're not gambling. We're following a specific set of rules and playing a system.
- Ben Campbell: Right.
- Micky Rosa: Now, I've seen how crazy it can get at those tables, and sometimes, people lose control. They give in to their emotions. You will not.”
Kevin Spacey - Micky Rosa
Jim Sturgess - Ben Campbell

“- Dr. John Lanyon: You told me you became that monster tonight not of your own accord. It will happen again.
- Dr. Henry Jekyll: It never will. I'm sure of it. I'll conquer it!
- Dr. John Lanyon: Too late. You cannot conquer it. It has conquered you!”

Holmes Herbert - Dr. John Lanyon
Fredric March - Dr. Henry Jekyll

“I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice.”
Patrick Swayze - Dalton

“Work never killed anyone, it's the pressure that's bumping people off. Regardless of who I'm talking with, if I become uncomfortable I walk away, spit twice, take a deep breath and count to sixty. It took two of the finest specialists in the world to teach me that.”
Jerry Lewis

“You need to control. Because you know the game surprises you. And you bite your ass not know when, you know?”
Johnny Depp - James 'Whitey' Bulger

“I need to collect myself... Alright. It's you and I. No way out. Get your shit together. Okay? Okay. Let's go.”
River Phoenix - Devo

“I really would have liked to love, but I didn't trust myself to allow it.”
Karl Valentin

“You must realize that the greatest weapon you possess is self-control.”
Mako - Mr. Lee

“The purpose is to experience fear, fear in the face of certain death, to accept that fear, and maintain control of oneself and one's crew. This is the quality expected in every Starfleet captain.”

Zachary Quinto - Spock

“I thought that I could manage my own life, but I have been foolish. Foolish to the point of being compromised.”
Gillian Leigh Anderson - Lily Bart