#control

It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#advantage #changing #common #contribute #controlling

The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#control #essence #government

The right of such control is already admitted by the State Socialists, though they maintain that, as a matter of fact, the individual would be allowed a much larger liberty than he now enjoys. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#allowed #already #control #enjoys #fact

The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#among #arbitrary #arbitrary power #civilization #degrees

I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by. ↗

— Lenny Wilkens

#affect #control #i #i can #move

When I was trying to impress Kate I was trying to cook these amazing fancy dinners and what would happen was I would burn something, something would overspill, something would catch on fire and she would be sitting in the background trying to help, and basically taking control of the whole situation, so I was quite glad she was there at the time. ↗

— Prince William

#amazing #background #basically #burn #catch

The MC has to be just that, a master in control. They can show no signs of weakness. ↗

— Saul Williams

#just #master #show #signs #weakness

I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know. ↗

— Esther Williams

#funny #i #i think #just #know

People say, 'Jay, you're a great guy, you just had a couple of bad nights.' People that have themselves under control don't have a couple of bad nights like that. Plain and simple. ↗

— Jayson Williams

#control #couple #great #guy #had

The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control. ↗

— Kit Williams

#else #hoop #jump #remind #someone