Quotes About Manipulation

A populist is, basically, a gifted story teller; someone who can tell a false story well. And the way to fight them is by telling a true story better.

All war is based on deception.

All war is deception.

O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him.

War is based on deception.

I've known my dad my whole life, and my dad is probably one of the most intellectually sober and smart people that I've ever encountered. So to have somebody manipulate and mischaracterize him - it was sort of a harsh lesson in politics.

From their castle in Zurich, the owners of soccer do not propose, they impose. That's their way.

I'm a big fan of the Mass Effect games, and that's all about social manipulation and observing people and alliances and relationships.

The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.

Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.

I think one of the very frightening things about the regime of the National Socialists is that it made people happy.

Everything we're doing online is being not just monitored, but that information is being packaged up and sold and resold to manipulate us.

I am called repeatedly and insidiously prime and sole minister.

Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.

I did a show called 'Profit' a while back, and I based some of the work on some people that were in office at the time.

Some people are selfish in all of their relationships. Those people are called sociopaths.

I try to be careful because technology changes so much over the years. But some things don't change. Kids and parents have disagreements, kids try to manipulate, parents try to sit down with rules and regs. That part never changes.

Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.

I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. That's a horrible existence for people.

Tsk, Tsk, Sunshine. I believe I have a wanton wench on my hands. Unfortunately for you, I'm in control here, not you.

There is nothing more terrifying than realizing that the one who knows you best loves you least, pities you even.