Quotes About Manipulation

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

Manipulation works so well on a personal level, I don't see why it wouldn't be an equally viable national policy.

Yes, he was the one who fueled the rumors after that. I could never have done what he himself did, convincing and persuading the world that he was indeed the Hero. I don't know if he himself believed it, but he made others think that he must be the one.

These people seek to control the knowledge so that they can profit from it. Profit from the apocalypse itself.

The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power.

Jasnah preferred to work alone, which was odd, considering how good she was at getting people to do what she wanted. Navani liked groups—but of course, Navani wasn't a scholar. Oh, she knew how to pretend. But all she really did was nudge here and there, perhaps provide an idea. Others did all the real engineering.

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, she'd said. Both are base, and both will fail a person as they age.

Never trust a man who tells you good news, Reen had always said. It's the oldest, but easiest, way to con someone.

People suffered when the truth became a commodity to be speculated upon.

The first step in taking control of a nation, Arteth, is the simplest. You find someone to hate.

Anytime you can make someone else feel something, you've got power over them.

There was nothing quite so frustrating as soft words being wielded like clubs.

Need. That word had strange effects on men. Some ran when you used it. Others grew nervous.

Respect the people you lie to, Tao had taught her. Steal from them long enough, and you will begin to understand them.

All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.

Being "in control" isn't always about the desire to manipulate situations, but often it's about the need to manage perception.

power-over as working like this: "I will define who you are and then I'll make you believe that's your own definition." This chilling explanation

Unfortunately, it's been an easy formula throughout history—in politics, religion, and business—that if you can keep people afraid, and give them an enemy who is responsible for their fear, you can get people to do just about anything. This is the playbook for authoritarian leaders here and around the globe.

We hustle for worthiness by slipping on the emotional and behavioral straitjacket of cool and posturing as the tragically hip and terminally "better than." Being "in control" isn't always about the desire to manipulate situation, but often it's about the need to manage perception. We want to be able to control what other people think about us so that we can feel good enough.

We hustle for our worthiness by slipping on the emotional and behavioral straitjacket of cool and posturing as the tragically hip and the terminally "better than." Being "in control" isn't always about the desire to manipulate situations, but often it's about the need to manage perception. We want to be able to control what other people think about us so that we can feel good enough.

If we really knew the God of Jesus, we would stop trying to control and manipulate others "for their own good," knowing full well that this is not how God works among His people. —The Signature of Jesus

Dear Abba, I'm stepping into a new day brimming with new mercies, fresh-slate-do-over grace extended freely to me by Your hands. But it is not just given to me but to all. So that my attempts to control and manipulate others, even if it's in their best interests, is not only to spit on the grace given them, but also that given to me. Father, the only thing truly "for our own good" is Your mercy. Nothing else comes close. Nothing. Have mercy on me.

What's an ambitious man but a player, Borgia—a player on a grand scale and the world his card game?

But in practical politics, it does not matter what is true, but everything depends upon what the people believe to be true.