Quotes About Manipulation

Wars and war rumors sold a lot of soap these days.

Remove the document—and you remove the man.

Well, how are they going to find you missing?' Koroviev soothed him, and some papers and ledgers turned up in his hands. 'By your medical records?' 'Yes . . .' Koroviev flung the medical records into the fireplace. 'No papers, no person,' Koroviev said with satisfaction.

Oh, matalah yang paling utama. Kau bisa mengetahui segalanya—orang yang jiwanya sekering debu, orang yang tak akan pernah menggajul tulang rusukmu, dan orang yang takut pada semuanya. Yang disebut terakhir itu, para penjilat, merekalah yang kadang-kadang mesti digigit pergelangan kakinya.

She knew that there were all kinds of ways to make a conquest and that one of the surest roads to a woman's genitals was through her sadness.

The first step in liquidating a people,' said Hubl, 'is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget even faster.

The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have someone write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was.

Our historical experience teaches us that men imitate one another, that their attitudes are statistically calculable, their opinions manipulable, and that man is therefore less an individual (a subject) than an element in a mass.

Even in the game there lurks a lack of freedom; even in a game is a trap for the players.

M]an has always harbored the desire to rewrite his own biography, to change the past, to wipe out tracks, both his own and other's. (p.130)

I've always had the sense that my life is run by other people.

How defenseless we are in the face of flattery!

GeleceÄŸe egemen olmak istenilmesinin nedeni, geçmiÅŸi deÄŸiÅŸtirecek güce sahip olmaktan baÅŸka bir ÅŸey deÄŸildir.

How defenceless we are in the face of flattery!

Narodi se likvidiraju tako da im se najprije oduzme sje?anje. Unište im se knjige, obrazovanje, povijest. Netko drugi im napiše druge knjige, da im drugo obrazovanje i izmisli drugu povijest. I narod onda postupno po?ne zaboravljati što je bio i što je sada, a svijet oko njega to zaboravi još mnogo brže.

She knew she was acting like the most vulgar of women, the kind that is out to cause pain and knows how.

Stjecanje kontrole nad ženskim razmišljanjem ima, naime, svoja strogo odre?ena pravila; onaj tko odlu?i ženu nagovarati, uvjeravati je razumnim argumentima i sli?no teško da ?e nešto posti?i. Kudikamo je pametnije odrediti osnovnu autostilizaciju žene (osnovne principe kojima se rukovodi, ideale, uvjerenja) i nastojati da se (pomo?u sofizma, alogi?ne demagogije itd.) željena odluka žene dovede u sklad s tom autostilizacijom.

Ze wilde hun vertellen dat achter het communisme, achter het fascisme, achter alle bezettingen en invallen een wezenlijker en algemener kwaad schuilde; het beeld van dat kwaad is voor haar een optocht van marcherende mensen geworden die de handen heffen en eenstemmig dezelfde lettergrepen schreeuwen. Maar ze wist dat ze hun niet kon uitleggen. Verlegen bracht ze het gesprek op een ander onderwerp.

Per liquidare i popoli (..) si comincia col privarli della memoria. Si distruggono i loro libri, la loro cultura, la loro storia. E qualcun altro scrive loro altri libri, li fornisce di un'altra cultura, inventa per loro un'altra Storia. Dopo di che il popolo comincia lentamente a dimenticare quello che è e quello che è stato. E il mondo attorno a lui lo dimentica ancora più in fretta

Con un oroscopo, in effetti, si può influenzare a meraviglia, anzi dirigere, il comportamento delle persone. Si può facilmente raccomandare loro certi comportamenti, distoglierli da altri e condurli all'umiltà con sottili allusioni a catastrofi future.

Berjuang berarti menempatkan kehendak seseorang terhadap orang lain dengan tujuan untuk menghancurkannya, memaksanya bertekuk lutut, dan barangkali membunuhnya.

Strang had already perfected his talent for telling other people just what they wanted to hear, so a dose of skepticism is in order for any belief he professed—a double dose for the ones he professed passionately.

confidence artist to the very end.

O me, you juggler, you canker-blossom, you thief of love!