Quotes About Manipulation

Learn subtlety, James," he said. "It is perfectly possible to destroy something innocent, yet leave no public mark.

Finally, he said, "Anything. He was capable of anything. The truth is, even though they had his name on a plaque on the wall at Langley, Frenchy sold me to the Russians in 1974, when I was in Kurdistan. There were unpleasant consequences. He had no conscience. He was a great man who was capable of great evil, not that uncommon a combination. Whatever you think he did, he probably did. And worse.

Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.

You lie well, and I appreciate the effort it takes. It's not so easy, as any commissar knows.

self-deception as the preliminary to public deception is almost automatic. —WALTER LIPPMANN

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.

First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead

Any game looks straight if everyone is being cheated at once.

In a terrified world, false news was king.

first the smiles, then the lies. Last comes gunfire.

It was not just Danny the Overlook was working on. It was working on him, too. It wasn't Danny who was the weak link, it was him. He was the vulnerable one, the one who could be bent and twisted until something snapped.

Time-travelers lie a lot.

Sorry is the KoolAid of human emotions.

He wanted what evil men always want: to have power and use that power to make mischief.

Harold glared sullenly at him again, the eyes those of a piggy little boy who wants the whole cookie jar to himself. Ain't he going to be surprised, Stu thought, when he finds out a girl isn't a jar of cookies.

thoes prepared to shed copious floods of crocodile tears . . .

Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing, for they will feed you delicious morsels that they may later feast upon your tender flesh.

At times it is so enjoyable to mire your neighbor into the filth you already got stuck in long ago!

To kill someone it's not necessary to have weapons, your words and attitude can do the same job.

Better or worse, we are living such a fallacious world, where people like to seek their own interests in in others' matters.

People will love you and support you when it's beneficial.

Love is the best, most insidious, most effective instrument of social repression.

I love Photoshop more than anything in the world!