Aeriel Miranda Quotes

I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make a change.

As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.

Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do.

I'm not a ball in a pinball machine. I know what I want.

I think it's important to be flexible and free, and you can't be free and spontaneous if you don't know what you're doing.

One of my skills is knowing, 'This is where I'm needed, and this is how I'm needed and where I'm going to be in control and where I'm going to cede control and why.'

I'm actually comfortable a little bit out of range as well. I like to pick my times when to come in. I'm very comfortable in the pocket as well.

None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

I've never seen the yellow light, umm the yellow line be wrong.

Regulations are all very well for drill, but in the hour of danger they are no more use. You have to learn to think.

When I was a young fellow, I used to learn the dialogue backwards. The point is that in a conversation between two people, you can't have already made the decisions about what you're gonna do. You gotta be very light on your feet. That leads you into areas where conversations can have a much bigger, grander meaning.

When I stop at a stop sign, I don’t think about the distance I’ve crossed. I just wish I never had to stop.

Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate.

I don't micromanage the interiors. People ask me to and I say no. I don't want to control everything.

We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about.

Being in charge of your work life doesn't mean you always move with assurance and sublime self-confidence; it means you keep moving, continuing on your own path, even when you feel shaky and uncertain.

Honestly, I cannot understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of the human will. I have a feeling, for instance, that I will something or other; but what relation this has with freedom I cannot understand at all. I feel that I will to light my pipe and I do it; but how can I connect this up with the idea of freedom? What is behind the act of willing to light the pipe ? Another act of willing?

A clear right answer and the opportunity to change the options? This is the chooser’s dream.

She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she's going out with a command that is hers. She is used to making those, decisions herself.

Not being afraid to make changes is a valuable tool - knowing you can change back.

A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it

I learned that I had to believe in myself and not just to be comfortable with the opinions of others. I'm just more in control; I finalize everything.

I'm good at giving up control to people who know where they're going and what they want to do. I can sit in the back of a car and ride cross-country if you know where you're going and you know how to take me there.

There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.

I don't thrive on control. I'm not looking for control. I think I get better results when I don't control things.