Losing Control Quotes

• What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.18, Harper Collins

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• It was like she was thinking, How far can I go with this? How much more can I fit in my life without losing control?

  Liane Moriarty

  Thinking, Losing, Fit

  Liane Moriarty (2013). “The Husband's Secret”, p.21, Penguin UK

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• I remember sitting in my room and thinking of where it all went wrong and how I ended up losing control of everything, and I realized I hadn't asked myself one question: And then what? That was my most important lesson. I learned to think about the consequences before the action and that saves me, to this day, from a lot of trouble. If you play it down the line, you'll start making better choices.

  Karrine Steffans

  Thinking, Play, Choices

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Only the development of his inner powers can offset the dangers inherent in man's losing control of the tremendous natural forces at his disposal and becoming the victim of his own achievements.

  Roberto Assagioli

  Men, Becoming, Natural

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• If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

  John Irving

  Feels, Humiliating, Whole

  "The Mindful Writer". Book by Dinty W. Moore, 2016.

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• The older I got, the more apparent it became that my mother was losing control over me. She fought back fiercely with black moods, silent treatments and martyrdom. And, of course, all she did was run my ass out of the house even quicker. The pressure was unbearable.

  George Carlin

  Mother, Running, House

  Source: reprints.longform.org

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• Jealousy is a terrible thing. I know all the psychological triggers. The fear of losing control, the fear of loss, the fear of abandonment, neglect and loneliness... But the most destructive thing about jealousy is that it kills what it values - the love you want to save won't survive the constraints of jealousy. There is no entitlement. Love is either equal or a tragedy.

  Michael Robotham

  Loneliness, Love You, Loss

  "Bleed for Me (Joseph O'Loughlin)". Book by Michael Robotham, 2010.

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• I also think stress is related to control. When you're in charge of your life, you tend to not care about losing control of things that don't really matter like traffic jams.

  Marilu Henner

  Stress, Thinking, Jam

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• I'm losing control."-Brittany Mamacita, I've already lost it."-Alex

  Simone Elkeles

  Alex, Lost, Perfect Chemistry

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• I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than sitting in a theater and feeling a lot of people losing control of themselves.

  Jay Roach

  People, Laughing, Addiction

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Sweating bullets to line up the Bible with our exhausting expectations, to make the Bible something it’s not meant to be, isn’t a pious act of faith, even if it looks that way on the surface. It’s actually thinly masked fear of losing control and certainty, a mirror of an inner disquiet, a warning signal that deep down we do not really trust God at all.

  Peter Enns

  Mirrors, Expectations, Looks

  Peter Enns (2014). “The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It”, p.11, Harper Collins

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• I shut up everything inside. Everything." Words ground out through clenched teeth. "I thought if I could hold it, just hold it, it would be fine. But it's not." "Why?" she asked. "Why are you losing control so badly?" The answer, when it came, broke Sascha's heart. "Hawke." It was an almost soundless whisper. "Oh, Sienna." She stroked her hand over the girl's hair, even as her mind worked at piercing speed. "Has it been cumulative?" Sienna nodded. "The second I met him, everything crumbled, my shields, my conditioning, everything!

  Nalini Singh

  Girl, Heart, Hair

  Nalini Singh (2011). “The Psy-Changeling eBook Collection”, p.929, Hachette UK

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• With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life.

  Kevin Whately

  Cancer, Fighting, Feelings

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• The powers that be understand that sexual freedom or liberation with any kind of joy means they are losing control.

  Betty Dodson

  Mean, Joy, Kind

  "Betty Dodson’s Feminist Sex Wars". Interview with Melissa Gira Grant, www.truth-out.org. December 16, 2013.

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• For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You go out there and wait for a wave, and when it comes it takes you somewhere and you don't know where it'll go.

  Margaret Atwood

  Dream, Writing, Thinking

  "Margaret Atwood On The Internet" by Charley Locke, therumpus.net. July 3, 2012.

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• There's a lot of fear-mongering about "losing control" of your brand online, when, in fact, you've got control over as much as you always have: how you present your business and how you act.

  Jay Baer

  Fear Mongering, Marketing, Facts

  Jay Baer, Amber Naslund (2011). “The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter and More Social”, p.17, John Wiley & Sons

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• The city of Pittsburgh gleaming suddenly before her . . . so startling in its vastness and its beauty that she had gasped and slowed, afraid of losing control of the car

  Kim Edwards

  Cities, Car, Vastness

  Kim Edwards (2006). “The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel”, p.410, Penguin

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• Most bands, when they sign with a major, are from an indie. They usually start off with a big dilemma. They think they're selling a part of their souls or they're losing control over an aspect of their lives or something.

  James Dean Bradfield

  Thinking, Soul, Band

  Source: www.thisisyesterday.com

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• In the theater, which is a sort of jungle, one does have to be a little bit careful. One mustn't be so rigid or egotistical to think that every comma is sacrosanct. But at the same time there is the danger of losing control and finding that somebody else has opened a play and not you.

  Edward Albee

  Thinking, Play, Littles

  Edward Albee, Philip C. Kolin (1988). “Conversations with Edward Albee”, p.49, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• There is no need for a fear of losing control over who is accessing the network to hold back the productivity benefits of flexible working. By examining their access strategy, businesses can implement practices that will keep data secure and control access what and from where.

  Richard Jackson

  Practice, Data, Needs

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• he challenge is finding the modern conduit for the audience, having fun and really looking at the duality of this particular character, that is both devil and angel, and on the cusp of losing control of the pagan background, to this newfangled religion called Christianity. There's a great backdrop there, and just a whole dark side with the magic.

  Joseph Fiennes

  Fun, Character, Angel

  "Joseph Fiennes, Tamsin Egerton & Exec. Producer Chris Chibnall Interview CAMELOT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 1, 2011.

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• Sabr is not remaining quiet and allowing anger to build up inside you. Sabr is to talk about what's bothering you without losing control of your emotions.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Patience, Religious, Anger

  FaceBook post by Nouman Ali Khan from Jan 04, 2015

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• Our culture difinitely takes an egocentric dominator view. The fear of the psychedelic experience is quite literally the fear of losing control. Dominator types today don't understand that it's not important to maintain control if you are not in control in the first place.

  Terence McKenna

  Views, Important, Culture

  Rupert Sheldrake, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham (2001). “Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness”, p.50, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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• When we believe we are losing control, we grab on tight. When our greatest fear comes upon us, we clench our fist and teeth, close our eyes and hold on. We must learn how to let go. When the time comes for growth and change, we must have the courage and faith to let go. Whatever leaves my life makes room for something better.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Letting Go, Believe, Eye

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Aug 30, 2016

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• I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand.

  Terry Gilliam

  War, Police, Vietnam

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