Quotes About Manipulation

An asshole who sometimes pretends to be nice totally has the ability to suck you back in, making you think that you had him all wrong.

Manipulating situations is one thing, but lying is another. My theory (especially with girls) is that if you don't lie, you can't be held responsible for anything bad that goes down.

He smiled and cut her off, he felt very secure, safe, out of reach; she could threaten him but she could not find him. All she could do was call and beg and bully, but that was only because he allowed her this luxury of contact. If he chose to, he could disappear entirely, and as soon as he had executed his plan that's exactly what he would do. Wait until it has all played out, he told himself, wait for the money and the big finale and then be gone.

Look we didn't break in, we conned our way in.' - Ruby 'Oh that makes it so much better.' - Hitch

As is often the case in politics, the truth was less important than public perception.

Two years later, in 1512, Solis, deftly manipulating the levers of influence, rehabilitated himself, and King Ferdinand

Mesquita functioned as Magellan's agent of agony, deciding who was guilty of treason and who would suffer the consequences. No wonder the men hated him.

As Magellan expected, Molino accepted the deal, as cruel as it was.

but in any event his geographical legerdemain alleviated Spain's principal anxiety:

A psychic attack of any kind, always begins with the evil being or person looking for your Achilles' heel. This phrase refers to a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can lead to a downfall. Almost everyone, no matter how accomplished in life, has their Achilles' heel, some weakness, some fault, that can be exploited by a black magician.

people who are victims of the Alien Parasites. Victims of the Archons do not see the world clearly. They live in an artificial world.

Archons manipulate people to create situations that are ideal for creating sources of food for themselves, situations such as war, terrorism, child sexual abuse, political confrontations, drug addiction, high taxation, low wages, the cult of the self, the dehumanization of worker, the immorality of the super-rich and so forth.

Individuals with the Trust Survival Style seek power and control.

Getting information out of interviewees, she had learned over the years, was sometimes like walking a large, reluctant cow: you had to turn the cow onto the right path while letting the cow believe it was doing the steering.

?ngiliz hodgâmd?r, heyecans?zd?r. Bir millet de?il, bir y???n. Y???n? kolayca kand?rabilirsiniz, duygular? hiçbir temele dayanmaz. Y???n dü?ünmez, mâruz kal?r. Nezleye yakalan?r gibi tutulur bir fikre. Ate?i yükselince arslanla??r, nöbet geçince her mukaddesi unutuverir. Büyük bir milletin duygular? ölçülü, düzenli, devaml?d?r.

Gli ignoranti saranno sempre ignoranti, perché la forza è nelle mani di chi ha interesse che la gente non capisca, nelle mani del governo, dei neri, dei capitalisti...

Never believe the wicked though they are sweet tongued. The honey is only in the tip of their tongue–the heart is full of venom.

Wherever you go online, the Big Computer knows what you want before you want it. It's ready for you and waits patiently, humming. It knows where you will be tomorrow and what you will be doing, and it carefully calibrates the shame you carry with you in hopes that you will buy something to restore your peace of mind.

they were by secret ballot, so the cabbies could sign just to get rid of you and then vote whichever way they wanted to, and you couldn't do anything about it. I

A cool blooded and crafty politician, when he would be thoroughly revenged on his enemy, makes the injuries which have been inflicted, not on himself, but on others, the pretext of his attack. He thus engages the world as a partisan in his quarrel, and dignifies his private hate, by giving it the air of disinterested resentment.

You know, you should never catch a spy. Discover him and then control him, but never catch him. A spy causes far more trouble when he's caught. Harold Macmillan

In a curious twist, I realize I always knew TV news seemed full of shit, but I never knew it was, in fact, full of shit.

Great is the power of steady misrepresentation

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.