Pastoral Resources

I'm not a control freak.

Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.

Birth control that really works - every night before we go to bed we spend an hour with our kids.

I'm not worried. I'm in control.

What's the point of being negative or fearful? We can't control it.

My power is the ability to control water molecules and form them into ice.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

I think all art is about control - the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.

The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors.

When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment.

Would I buy a cell phone for my 12-year-old?... No. I should have closer control over my child than that. He really shouldn't be in places where he needs to contact me by cell.

For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo.

If you want to control other people, first control yourself.

The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.

I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.