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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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We create monsters and then we can't control them.
Joel Coen, American Director (1954-  )
By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.
Barry Commoner, American Scientist (1917-  )
Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.
Cyril Connolly, English Journalist (1903-1974)
But I think Barry Sonnenfeld let his ego go out of control. He told me in a meeting that he had to do something to make it his film.
Robert Conrad, Polish Director (1935-  )
The message here was not about indeterminacy, nor about immediacy, but about the control of sounds right there in your environment, and the process of composition as long-term growth of interests within that sound complex.
Tony Conrad, Artist
The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.
Charles Horton Cooley, American Sociologist
The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world.
James F. Cooper, American Novelist (1789-  )
There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.
Kenneth H. Cooper, American Soldier
You're encouraged to pitch your own story. That way, you'll have more control over what you do.
Rob Corddry, American Comedian (1971-  )
I don't know what 'operational control' of the border means, but I do understand the English language. And as I understand that phrase, that's not true. We do not have operational control.
John Cornyn, American Politician (1952-  )
The New York Times editorial page is like a Ouija board that has only three answers, no matter what the question. The answers are: higher taxes, more restrictions on political speech and stricter gun control.
Ann Coulter, American Journalist (1961-  )
The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of force.
Norman Cousins, American Editor (1915-  )
We're really in control; that's the difference. We were out of control then.
Peter Criss, American Musician (1945-  )
Seriously, we are in the midst of the convergence of voice and data and that is challenging the infrastructure of the telephone companies. There are huge commercial interests in the basic technology, but even more so in content delivery and control of content.
Steve Crocker, American Businesman (1944-  )
Even Hitchcock liked to think of himself as a puppeteer who was manipulating the strings of his audience and making them jump. He liked to think he had that kind of control.
David Cronenberg, Canadian Director (1943-  )
There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.
Sheryl Crow, American Musician (1962-  )
I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must understand that he/she is a writer for hire and has no control over copyright or over editorial changes made to the text.
Richard Curtis, New Zealander Writer (1956-  )
I know, it was a little bit out of control, but hey. It was all fun.
Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian Actress (1982-  )
Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.
Vincent D'Onofrio, American Actor (1959-  )
People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something will hook them and take them to their end and they can't control it.
Vincent D'Onofrio, American Actor (1959-  )
 
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