Quotes About Manipulation

Yes, money talked—loudly—and Gideon had tons of it. But he conveyed command and control with subtle actions. I recognized that after living with Nathan's father, my mom's first husband, who'd wielded power like a blunt instrument.

I inhabit the wax image of myself, a doll's body. Sickness begins here; I am a dartboard for witches.

I could tell Marco was a woman-hater, because in spite of all the models and TV starlets in the room that night he paid attention to nobody but me. Not out of kindness or even curiosity, but because I'd happened to be dealt to him, like a playing card in a pack of identical cards.

I began to see why woman-haters could make such fools of women. Women-haters were like gods: invulnerable and chockfull of power. They descended, and then they disappeared. You could never catch one.

I thought I only need tell him what I wanted to, and that I could control the picture he had of me by hiding this and revealing that, all the while he thought he was so smart.

I had never met a woman-hater before. I could tell Marco was a woman-hater, because in spite of all the models and TV starlets in the room that night he paid attention to nobody but me. Not out of kindness or even curiosity, but because I'd happened to be dealt to him, like a playing card in a pack of identical cards.

I began to see why woman-haters could make such fools of women. Woman-haters were like gods: invulnerable and chockfull of power. They descended, and then they disappeared. You could never catch one.

It was only after seeing Irwin's study that I decided to seduce him.

It was only after seeing Irwin's study that I decided to seduce him.

Comecei a entender como os misóginos conseguiam fazer as mulheres de bobas. Eles eram como deuses: invulneráveis e poderosos. Eles desciam à terra e desapareciam. Era impossível colocar as mãos neles.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

That is what I hate about ruling and royalty, Simon. It is living, breathing people with whom a prince plays the games of statecraft.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Sabin get his way. He wanted Kovac to

I've said it before and I'll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.

You get too excited over big flashes, Tunstall. Mages rely on that to make you think they have more power than you.

The god inside the man glanced at Aly. This is your chessboard, I believe, my dear. Aly beamed at him. So it is. And the game begins.

You can smack some people in the face with a haddock and they'll still call it a mouse if a mouse is what they want to see.

It disgusts me," whispered Baird, "what people allow, if they think those who commit vile acts can help them to achieve some goal.

His voice was full of authority. Fana hadn't realized how easy it was to make lies sound plausible. "Can

Conspiracy was all around, wearing a million masks.

Have what you want, king, she sang at him. And then she threw something right at him.

The sadistic, rather predictable game was irresistible to him.

The inflexion, the pattern of the words, they were both Mercurio's. Romulan recognized it with a sullen shock, a numbed limb jarred. Saffiro recognized it with fury.