Illusions Of Control Quotes

#1. While we may operate every day under the illusions of control, even our best efforts at maintaining it ultimately fall short.

William McDavid

#2. Divine reality is not way up in the sky somewhere; it is readily available in the encounters of everyday life, which make hash of my illusions that I can control the ways God comes to me.

Barbara Brown Taylor

#3. Illusions only control you when you think they are real.

David Icke

#4. When someone offers me a job or a project, I always ask myself, "What does it tell me about the world?" and "Have I seen it before?" Two good questions.

Thomas Bidegain

#5. It was clear that most of my insecurities originated from my need to have things be "perfect." I wasn't sure what bothered me more; the fact that I had no control over the changes of my body and hair or that this horrible situation was only happening to me.

Tracey Berkowitz

#6. Unless it was Cokie, gifts from men weren't free.

Ruta Sepetys

#7. Musharraf is a good man and wants to improve relations with India.

Lalu Prasad Yadav

#8. I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.

Haile Selassie

#9. I knew that I was 'interesting' at 18 because I was aware that I could get away with doing things on stage.

David Bowie

#10. Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper

Dorothy L. Sayers

#11. I watched a film called 'Elephant' recently. Its not stylish in the sense of expensive suits and Italian cars, but the styling on every single character is spot on.

Tinie Tempah

#12. People who do affirmations will have the sensation that
they are causing the environment to conform to their will.
This is an immensely enjoyable feeling because the illusion
of control is one of the best illusions you can have.

Scott Adams

#13. Dudes," He said, "Do not follow other dudes to the bathroom."
Isabelle sighed. "Latent homosexual panic will do you in every time

Cassandra Clare

#14. Be careful what you say if you wouldn't want it broadcast everywhere - because you never know. My basic advice would be - for trust - is : Live the way you ought to live - all the time - as much as you can help it.

Ysabella Brave

#15. TV is the ultimate leveling phenomenon. It makes everyone, rich and poor, equally incapable of dealing with reality. That

Matt Taibbi