Quotes About Manipulation

It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

Tears aren't a woman's only weapon. The best one's between your legs.

The title was but a courtesy due him as a council member; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none but his whisperers.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.

Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.

I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don't dare tell me the truth, and the other half can't find it.

Robert wanted to be loved. My brother Tyrion has the same disease. Do you want to be loved, Sansa?" "Everyone wants to be loved." "I see flowering hasn't made you any brighter," said Cersei. "Sansa, permit me to share a bit of womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.

Make no mistake, dwarf. I fought for you, but I do not love you'' ''It was your blade I needed'' Tyrion said, ''not your love.

In the game of thrones, even the humblest pieces can have wills of their own. Sometimes they refuse to make the moves you've planned for them.

Some gave me soft words and some blunt, some made excuses, some promises, some only lied. In the end words are just wind.

Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.

When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.

You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.

I will teach them what it means to put a lion in a cage, Cersei thought.

In King's Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces… Every man's a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players." Petyr Baelish

The king eats, they say, and the Hand takes the shit.

The dwarf has played her like a set of pipes, and she is too deaf to hear the tune.

I am not blind, nor deaf. I know you all believe me weak, frightened, feeble. Your father knew me better. Oberyn was ever the viper. Deadly, dangerous, unpredictable. No man dared tread on him. I was the grass. Pleasant, complaisant, sweet-smelling, swaying with every breeze. Who fears to walk upon the grass? But it is the grass that hides the viper from his enemies and shelters him until he strikes.

Thank you for your many lessons Lord Baelish. I will never forget them.