Pastoral Resources

So you eat, you sleep, and then this wonderful child comes out, but you don't feel like you have any control over that process, over her, over her character and who she is.

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

Professional sports are something they can't control.

The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts, as well as choices unexpectedly forced on them by things beyond their control.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

A married woman has the same right to control her own body as does an unmarried woman.

The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups.

It's nice to have a catcher who knows my mechanics, too. That way if I get into trouble he can stop it before I get out of control.

I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma.

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.

It's wherever business rules, business is going to get the politicians they want because they control the money and money controls the power.

Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.

Things have changed a great deal since the days of Mr. Mayer. The studios no longer control, as they did in those days, artists or directors or producers, as the case may be.

If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.

My brothers can be a little out of control sometimes and so somebody has to be able to keep them focused.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives.

It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.

Now the truth is, a president really can't control the economy, although his policies do have some effect on it.

The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control.