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 | Religion is just mind control. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 24 likes |
 | The weakest link in the chain is also the strongest. It can break the chain. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims 20 likes |
 | Trust is good, but control is better. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 16 likes |
 | It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 13 likes |
 | The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 11 likes |
 | If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled. — Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher 11 likes |
 | Anger is a momentary madness so control your passion or it will control you. 10 likes |
 | He who neither rouses fear by his anger, nor confers a favor when he is pleased can neither control nor protect. — Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher 7 likes |
 | Communism and socialism, programs for intellectual control over society. Fascism, a program for the social control of intellect. — Robert M. Pirsig, 1928-2017, American writer 7 likes |
 | Years of secret suffering had taught me superhuman self-control. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 6 likes |
| The hand that gives is above the hand that takes. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 6 likes |
 | Trust, But Verify. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 5 likes |
 | Why should the way I feel depend on the thoughts in someone else's head? — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 5 likes |
 | There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature. — George Washington, 1732-1799, the first American President 5 likes |
 | Any writer who knows what he's doing isn't doing very much. — Nelson Algren, 1909-1981, American writer 4 likes |
 | Big Brother is Watching You. — George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer 3 likes |
 | The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but on the mastery of his passions. — Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet 3 likes |
 | He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing. — Frank Herbert, 1920-1986, American sci-fi writer 2 likes |
 | All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state. — Benito Moussolini, 1883-1945, Italian dictator 2 likes |
 | The sense of responsibility, which always controls individuals, is lost in a crowd. — Gustave Le Bon, 1841-1931, French polymath & writer 2 likes |
 | Most human beings, though in varying degrees, desire to control, not only their own lives but also the lives of others. — Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher 1 likes |
 | We have absolutely no control over what happens to us in life, but what we have paramount control over is how we respond to those events. — Victor Frankl, 1905-1997, Austrian neurologist 1 likes |
 | A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. — John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962 1 likes |
 | The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. — Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907 1 likes |
 | The measure of any man’s virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 1 likes |
 | Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants — the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare from becoming a mere lower-class brawl. — Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer 1 likes |
 | Whoever sets the agenda controls the outcome of the debate. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist 1 likes |
| The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist 1 likes |
| He who controls the media controls the minds of the public. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist 1 likes |
| Democratic societies can’t force people. Therefore they have to control what they think. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist 1 likes |
 | Keep your exclamation points under control! — Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer 1 likes |
| Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything – except his own nature. — Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer 1 likes |
 | You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else. — Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer 1 likes |
 | The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them. — Philip Dick, 1928-1982, American sci-fi writer 1 likes |
 | The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 1 likes |
 | Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. — Robert Heinlein, 1907-1988, American sci-fi writer 1 likes |
 | If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things. — Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet 1 likes |
 | No country can afford to have its prosperity originated by a small controlling class. — Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924, American President [1913-1921] 1 likes |
 | We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it. — Christopher Marlowe, 1564-1593, English playwright 1 likes |
 | I have always had the ability to attach my demons to my chariot. — Ingmar Bergman, 1918 - 2007, Swedish filmmaker 1 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life. — Bill Watterson, 1958-, American cartoonist 3 likes |
 | My wife and I have a perfect understanding. I don't try to run her life, and I don't try to run mine. — Milton Berle, 1908-2002, American comedian 1 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | It is not safe to handle neither a horse without bridle nor wealth without thinking. Ούτε ίππω χωρίς χαλινού ούτε πλούτω χωρίς λογισμού δυνατόν ασφαλώς χρήσασθαι. — Socrates, 469-399 BC, Ancient Geek Philosopher 5 likes |
 | I know they use a short bridle for wild horses. Σμικρώ χαλινώ δ’ οίδα τους θυμουμένους ίππους καταρτυθέντας. — Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet ‐ Antigone 4 likes |
 | Control your tongue, your stomach, your genitals. Γλώσσης, γαστρός, αιδοίων κρατείν. — Anacharsis, 6th cent. BC, Scythian prince & philosopher 3 likes |
