Quotes About Manipulation

Whoever wants to hide a big scandal is best to stage a small one

Je öfter sich ein Politiker widerspricht, desto größer ist er.

Wer einen großen Skandal verheimlichen will, inszeniert am besten einen kleinen.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

To win over certain people to something, it is only necessary to give it a gloss of love of humanity, nobility, gentleness, self-sacrifice -- and there is nothing you cannot get them to swallow.

Every man has his price." This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing. To win over certain people to something, it is only necessary to give it a gloss of love of humanity, nobility, gentleness, self-sacrifice - and there is nothing you cannot get them to swallow. To their souls, these are the icing, the tidbit; other kinds of souls have others.

Morality is the greatest of all tools for leading mankind by the nose.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Hegelian dialectic—a psychological tool used to manipulate the masses. In this case, you create a problem, wait for the reaction, and then offer the solution. What people historically fail to realize, though, is that those offering the solution are the same people who caused the problem in the first place. They also fail to realize that no matter what the solution is, it always ends up providing its creators with more power.

History is subjective. History is alterable. History is, finally, little more than modeling clay in a very warm room.

the dumber that people think you are, the more surprised they will be when you kill them..."

Power is an illusion of perception.

Plots behind plots, plans behind plans. There was always another secret.

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute - so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for the kill. Seriously. Stay away from kittens.

It's not a lie," Shallan said, "if everyone understands and knows what it means." "Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

The man who wants you to trust him is the one you must fear the most.

Using a fetching face to make men do as you wish is no different from a man using muscle to force a woman to his will. Both are base, and both will fail a person as they age.

THE BEST WAY TO FOOL SOMEONE, in Vin's estimation, was to give them what they wanted. Or, at the very least, what they expected. As long as they assumed that they were one step ahead, they wouldn't look back to see if there were any steps that they'd completely missed.

However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.

If there was one thing Kelsier was good at, it was lying to himself.

Money is behind every war," Au-nak continued. "Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.

Manipulation works so well on a personal level, I don't see why it wouldn't be an equally viable national policy." "That's actually how most rulership works," Ham mused. "What is a governement but an institutionalized method of making sure somebody else does all the work?