Quotes About Manipulation

What a world of gammon and spinnage it is, though, ain't it!

I stole her heart away and put ice in its place.

There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination to pitch Mr. Thomas Gradgrind Junior.

She must have made Joe Gargery marry her by hand.

T]hey somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs, but that each of them pretended not to know that the others were toadies and humbugs: because the admission that he or she did know it, would have made him or her out to be a toady and humbug.

In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.

Mr. Bucket and his fat forefinger are much in consultation together under existing circumstances. When Mr. Bucket has a matter of this pressing interest under his consideration, the fat forefinger seems to rise, to the dignity of a familiar demon. He puts it to his ears, and it whispers information; he puts it to his lips, and it enjoins him to secrecy; he rubs it over his nose, and it sharpens his scent; he shakes it before a guilty man, and it charms him to his destruction.

The bird that can sing and won't sing, must be made to sing, they say,' grumbled Tackleton.

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throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things

I have seen you give him looks and smiles this very night, such as you never give to—me." "Do you want me then," said Estella, turning suddenly with a fixed and serious, if not angry look, "to deceive and entrap you?" "Do you deceive and entrap him, Estella?" "Yes, and many others—all of them but you.

In short, the wily old Jew had the boy in his toils. Having prepared his mind, by solitude and gloom, to prefer any society to the companionship of his own sad thoughts in such a dreary place, he was now slowly instilling into his soul the poison which he hoped would blacken it, and change its hue for ever.

Do you deceive and entrap him, Estella? - Yes, and many others - all of them but you.

great men are urged on to the abuse of power (when they need urging, which is not often), by their flatterers and dependents,

Eres, precisamente, el hombre que necesitamos —le dijo Defarge al oído;— has hecho creer a esa gente que esta situación va a durar siempre. Así se harán más insolentes y llegarán más pronto a su fin.

Look at me,' said Miss Havisham. 'You are not afraid of a woman who has never seen the sun since you were born?

the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled

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You villain,' said I, 'what do you mean by entrapping me into your schemes? How dare you appeal to me just now, you false rascal, as if we had been in discussion together?

When do you manipulate others for your own advantage? When I notice myself doing it, usually it is when I am feeling insecure.

There are puppet-masters, but they are systems and ideologies, not people. As

Because we are lied to all the time, in ways so routine they are beneath conscious notice, even the most direct lies are losing their power to shock us.

Almost all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly.

The pretence of resistance to monopoly would always serve them, as it had served them before, as a plausible and popular cry.