The essence of risk management lies in maximizing the areas where we have some control over the outcome while minimizing the areas where we have absolutely no control over the outcome.
As an actor, you have no control really.
If Republican legislators succumb to their political addiction to compromise for the sake of getting something passed, no matter how odious, they'll be laying out the red carpet of inevitability for socialized care. Once government gets its foot in the door, more government control is unavoidable.
This is a serious problem of major concern, and we have got to approach it in a way that is consistent with this nation's tradition as a nation of immigrants, focusing on legal immigration, supporting that in the right way and doing everything possible consistent with the Constitution to control illegal immigration, and we will continue in those efforts.
We're in the doing business, or acting business and creating business. We're not in the results business, so we don't have any control over what the result is.
But that's the problem with love - it acts on you, works through you, resists your attempts to control.
And then at the end of the day, the most important thing is how good are you at risk control. Ninety-percent of any great trader is going to be the risk control.
I've decided I can't really control people's perceptions of me. All I can do is decide on what I work on and how hard I work on it.
A married woman has the same right to control her own body as does an unmarried woman.
Control success before it controls you.
Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.
You need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people's lives.
The man of control lives in choice, and the man of understanding lives in choicelessness.
Don't let the negatives of life control you. Rise above them. Use them as your stepping stones to go higher than you ever dreamed possible
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
To drive an F1 car you have to be a little mad. On the morning of a race there's a mix of excitement and fear. If it's a wet track, then it's worse as you're not in control most of the time, which is the thing all drivers fear the most.
The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives.
With The Pogues, at least the first three albums I'll stand by completely, yeah? Because I was in artistic control then, yeah? And the last couple of albums I'll stand by anything that's got my name on it, yeah? But I'll stand by anything that is on The Popes' albums, you know? I wouldn't put stuff out that I didn't like. I don't put out bad music. And I can tell the difference. I know that.
What I try to control ends up controlling me.
By practicing compassion and forgiveness, one can control hatred.