Quotes About Manipulation

The infamous political ads like Carly Fiorina's 'Demon Sheep' and Christine O'Donnell's 'I Am Not a Witch' are so confusing, it's almost like they were paid for by Democrats.

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out.

Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.

We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness how men with motives and a majority can manipulate law to cruel and unjust ends.

As a person who worked in the abortion industry for eight years, I can say unequivocally that the most manipulation I have ever witnessed was inside the walls of the abortion clinic.

I suppose, unconsciously, I used all my wives to further my journey up the ladder.

The wolf always charges the lamb with muddying the stream.

I love the characters in 'Wolf of Wall Street' and 'House of Cards.'

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.

Every woman adores a Fascist.

Women are hypocrites. Women are opportunists. Women are liars. They are abusers and bullies and manipulators. They are capable of cruelty, callousness, and evil. Just like men.

One of the big themes - if not the big theme - of 'Mockingjay - Part 1' is the battle of the airwaves. I don't think teenagers really understand the role propaganda has in our lives in terms of politics, advertising, and the general manipulation of imagery.

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude, but if one's mind is so manipulated and controlled by the oppressor, then there will be nothing the oppressed can do to scare his powerful masters.

I must say, I am a 10,000-times better director because I am in therapy. I'm serious. I can understand more the actors. I can manipulate them more easily.

The film opens up the world beyond Katniss' point of view, allowing the audience access to the happenings of places like the Hunger Games control room and President Snow's rose garden, thereby adding a new dimension to the story.

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.

Anything seen on TV is, in a subtle and sinister sense, thereby endorsed.

Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be.

Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn't mean that you can't do something else and also make it sell.