Self-control quotes

“I need to collect myself... Alright. It's you and I. No way out. Get your shit together. Okay? Okay. Let's go.”
River Phoenix - Devo

“I really would have liked to love, but I didn't trust myself to allow it.”
Karl Valentin

“You must realize that the greatest weapon you possess is self-control.”
Mako - Mr. Lee

“The purpose is to experience fear, fear in the face of certain death, to accept that fear, and maintain control of oneself and one's crew. This is the quality expected in every Starfleet captain.”

Zachary Quinto - Spock

“I thought that I could manage my own life, but I have been foolish. Foolish to the point of being compromised.”
Gillian Leigh Anderson - Lily Bart

“- Gia Carangi: Am I making you nervous?
- T.J.: Yeah.
- Gia Carangi: Good, that's the idea. You scare the shit out of people so they can't see how scared you are.”
Angelina Jolie - Gia Carangi
Eric Michael Cole - T.J.

“I tried to live without you. I tried to make myself believe I could live without you.”
Nicolas Cage - Captain Antonio Corelli

“- Jeff Kohlver: I'm a decent guy. Ask anyone. Go ahead. Ask these models.
- Hayley Stark: Of course they will. You're not an idiot. You don't piss where you live. Those girls were your work, and I, on the other hand, was your play.”
Patrick Wilson - Jeff Kohlver
Ellen Page - Hayley Stark

“- Tom Wingo: This is not about me!
- Susan Lowenstein: Then, why are you so upset?”

Nick Nolte - Tom Wingo
Barbra Streisand - Susan Lowenstein

“You can do whatever you put your mind to.”
Diane Keaton - Jenny

“Now you're an accomplice to murder. Everything you thought you had control of has gone out the window or is currently dripping down your leg.”
Edward Burns - Jake Vig

“- Dr. Buddy Rydell: Nate, didn't we decide that you shouldn't listen to the ballgame?
- Nate: Don't worry, Doctor B. It's just a regular season game. Not that important. See, Iverson just missed a layup at the buzzer, Sixers lose. Who gives a crap? I mean it's just a silly game anyways.
[his face scrunches up]
- Nate: Oh! The anger sharks are...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jack Nicholson - Dr. Buddy Rydell
Jonathan Loughran - Nate

“That's the toughest opponent you're ever going to have to face.”

Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa

“- Col. Colin Caine: Tell me again how the girl over powered you.
- Dr. Bukovsky: She... was the most overwhelmingly feminine presence I have ever encountered. I was drawn to her on a level...
Col. Colin Caine: Was it sexual?
- Dr. Bukovsky: Yes. Overwhelmingly so, and horrible. Loss of control.”
Peter Firth - Col. Colin Caine
Michael Gothard - Dr. Bukovsky

“- Antonio de Marchena: The men you are about the confront have no emotions. You must learn to control your passion.
- Columbus: Passion is something one cannot control.”

Fernando Rey - Marchena

It is the hardest thing you will ever do in your life. And people who have never smoked just don't get that. My wife goes "I don't understand why you just don't quit. Just put them down and quit". I go "I am trying. It is hard". And she goes "I'm sorry. I don't understand why you just don't quit". And I go "Why don't you quit yelling?".

Bill Engvall - Bill Engvall

“They say that the real fear with these rides is the feeling of having no control. Everyone imagines stuff when they get scared. But it never turns out to be the way they imagined. Never.”
Jesse Moss - Jason Wise

“We all have the capacity to kill! You... Me... Anyone! The problem is control.”
Leland Orser - Edmund Cutler

“- Gustav Graves: Glad you could make it. How did you like my run?
- James Bond: Like a man on the edge of losing control.
- Gustav Graves: It's only by being on the edge that we know who we really are - under the skin.”
Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond

“I'm a very tolerant man, except when it comes to holding a grudge.”
Robin Williams - Popeye

“You 'bout to lose yo car patna! This is done, I got this! You think I'm worried 'bout this fool?”

Tyrese Gibson - Roman Pearce

“Dave Rutabaugh is an ignorantscoundrel! I disapprove of his very existence. I considered ending it myself on several occasions but self-control got the better of me.”
Dennis Quaid - Doc Holliday

“- Pepper Potts: You're out of control, okay?
- Tony Stark: I'm not out of control.”

Gwyneth Paltrow - Pepper Potts
Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark

“- Niki Lauda: Do you fly?
- James Hunt: No.
- Niki Lauda: You should try. It's good for discipline. You have to stay within the rules, stick with regulations, suppress the ego. It helps with the racing.”
Daniel Brühl - Niki Lauda

“I'm completely out of control!”
Faye Dunaway - Laura Mars