Quotes About Manipulation

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

Some people will lie to you because they mean to. Others will do it to tell you what you want to hear.

I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.

you dont see me, now you do, but only if i want you to

Remember, when you hear them beginning to say "freedom" look carefully-. see who it is they want you to butcher.

An ad that pretends to be art is – at absolute best – like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because he wants something from you.

Prayer is not the cunning art of using God, subjecting Him to one's selfish ends in an effort to get out of Him what you want.

Those who pursue a worldy life - who try to get others to do what they want, to peform for them, who use and abuse in the name of their own happiness - are miserable.

When you control opinion, as corporate America controls opinion in the United States by owning the media, you can make the masses believe almost anything you want, and guide them as you please.

I've always thought there are two ways of getting what you wanted in life.Forcing people to give it to you,or making them want to give it to you.

Everyone wants to put people on, I think. And get away with it! That's the thing: put people on and get away with it! That's a science in itself.

Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be.

I'm basically a control freak. It's not because I want to be. I'm not at all into the power play that's involved in it.

When you trust your television What you get is what you got Cause when they own the information, oh They can bend it all they want.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

They try to make you think they care about what you do but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you won't pose a threat to them.

[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.

Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.

It's often said that leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want, and making them think it's what they want. This captures a lot of what Abraham Lincoln did.

Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.

[Eva Braun] always said, "you're the Führer, you can do whatever you want to do."

When I want you to beg, I'll tell you.

You know, you can't make the people do what you want them to do.

Influence is getting others to do what you want them to do because they want to do it - a take on Eisenhower's famous leadership statement