Bell Hooks Quotes

The classic problem in a relationship is a person trying to control the other person. People just want to conquer somebody.

In 'Fifty Shades,' seemingly, Christian has all the power and control - but actually, Anastasia does.

...counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.

I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.

Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous.

People that were in my life for a long time turned sinister and tried to control me, and all kinds of weird stuff happened. But there was no conscience involved; that threw me more than anything.

Fear is something I instill in other people, mostly young girls.

With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes.

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Once a person insists on how you are to think he immediately begins to insist on how you are to behave.

The effect of dominance is not always the result of an intention to dominate.

People who are divided are easier to control.

Mahesh lays down most of the rules. Even when I was dating him for four years prior to our marriage, he didn't want our relationship to be out in the open.

The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.

We live in a world where there's a culture of fear, where some leaders have a strong pull on people, which is exactly what Pennywise does.

When you abuse someone, you limit their perspective, and you trap them in your view of them or your view of the world.

Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.