“Political leaders, lacking documents that could be kept secret (apart from the occasional exception), lacking media they could control, were of necessity brought into a direct and immediate relationship with their constituents, and therefore under more and direct and immediate control.”

“He trusted neither of them as far as he could spit, and he was a poor spitter, lacking both distance and control.”

“I don't work from drawings and colour sketches into a final painting. Painting, I think, today – the more immediate, the more direct – the greater the possibilities of making a direct – of making a statement.”

“Imperialism is essentially an economic phenomenon, and it does not necessarily lead to direct political control or colonization.”

“Good values are 1) reality-based, 2) socially constructive, and 3) immediate and controllable.
Bad values are 1) superstitious, 2) socially destructive, and 3) not immediate and controllable.”

“Any imposition of government censorship on the media is a step in the direction of State control, a step which big money is most reluctant to take.”

“More from acute awareness of Instant Karma's immediate sting than morality, I have learned to treat people apparently lacking power with cordiality.”

“This method of mental training is, therefore, the immediate preparation for the moral; it completely destroys the root of immorality by never allowing sensuous enjoyment to become the motive. Formerly, that was the first motive to be stimulated and developed, because it was believed that otherwise the pupil could not be influenced or controlled at all.”

“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”

“You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.”