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Sunday, September 29th, 2024
the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Control'

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I have complete artistic control, and I just do my best album every time and trust it to fate.
Susannah McCorkle, American Musician (1946-2001)
Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.
Bryant H. McGill, American Poet (1969-  )
Comfort in expressing your emotions will allow you to share the best of yourself with others, but not being able to control your emotions will reveal your worst.
Bryant H. McGill, American Poet (1969-  )
The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
Aaron McGruder, American Artist (1974-  )
It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in control of their career no matter how good the representation is.
Joel McHale, American Comedian (1971-  )
I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people.
Richard McKenna, American Writer
The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes.
Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist (1914-1987)
Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.
Vincent McNabb, Irish Clergyman (1868-1943)
To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.
Peter McWilliams, American Writer (1949-2000)
You have to take control of your own career.
Maria Menounos, American Actress (1978-  )
It looks as though yields of over 10 times what we can currently grow per acre are feasible if you control the CO2 concentration, the humidity, the temperature, all the various factors that plants depend on to grow rapidly.
Ralph Merkle, American Scientist (1952-  )
I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.
Ethel Merman, American Musician (1908-1984)
No, we're not looking at how to control criminals... we're talking about banning the AK-47 and semi-automatic guns.
Howard Metzenbaum, American Poet (1917-2008)
As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos.
Nicholas Meyer, American Writer (1945-  )
No administration could stop the tidal wave of immigration that swept over the land; no political party could restrain or control the enterprise of our people, and no reasonable man could desire to check the march of civilization.
Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier (1839-1925)
The filmmakers always have a great level of control.
John Milius, American Director (1944-  )
We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy.
Henry Miller, American Author (1891-1980)
Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society.
Keith Miller, American Author (1927-  )
We religious controllers control in the name of Jesus and it is really painful to people.
Keith Miller, American Author (1927-  )
I believe in having each device secured and monitoring each device, rather than just monitoring holistically on the network, and then responding in short enough time for damage control.
Kevin Mitnick, American Celebrity (1963-  )
 
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