Quotes About Manipulation

Another and less elevated lesson she had learned in married life was that if she wheedled long enough and discreetly enough, she quite often got her own way in the end.

Devi avere un ottimo controllo sui tuoi sentimenti visto che li rigiri come più ti piace. Vorrei esserne capace anch'io. Qual è il segreto?»

I only believe in statistics that I doctored myself

and being as wicked as any man who ever lived, he exploited his advantage to the full.

In war-time," I said, "truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

The truth deserves a bodyguard of lies.

a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth" fitted England very accurately during these years.

I had no idea in those days of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in the social life of great peoples.

The machinery of a great party, and still more of a great conspiracy, needed careful and constant attention.

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Oy, stil – tiranlar?n aleti!

Muerte (Una comedia) Tienen que comprender que yo no puedo competir con un asesino demente. Un maniaco tiene la fuerza de diez hombres y yo tengo la fuerza de medio...A menos que me estén utilizando como señuelo

I was crushed when Mia's plan worked, and the judge shilled for her to make sure I would not get to see Dylan.

Between the court edict and manipulation, not a single word or note has been passed or been allowed between us since she was seven.

The children become pawns and are deprived of a loving parent, taught to fear and hate their father.

What she seemed to mean was that knowing how much I loved Dylan, she was embarking on a plan to see to it I would not be able to see her anymore.

Is this not the quintessence of hypocrisy when Ronan writes a book critical of NBC for trying to kill his story on Harvey Weinstein? But, I guess whatever works.

Toda la gente que se propone enderezar al mundo lo que en realidad quiere es enchuecarlo a su medida. No hay nada más torcido que un enderezador.

Los lambiscones se esmeran como putas menopáusicas para hacerte creer que son muy útiles.

La manera más eficaz de sacar a alguien de tu vida es echártelo encima. Cargarlo todo el tiempo, para que hasta cuando sonría te parezca insoportable. Crear una incomodidad artificial para que esté ahí siempre, que te despiertes y le mires la jeta y sientas como ganas de no haber despertado.

your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously;

But over and beyond all that can be written on the subject—inventiveness is a personal matter, beyond all formulas—the true general must be able to take in, deceive, decoy, delude his adversary at every turn, as the particular occasion demands. In fact, there is no instrument of war more cunning than chicanery;

I think hunting used to be important for human survival. Thats no longer the case, but they can't stop. A human being, perhaps, is made up of many nonsensical movements. But they've forgotten the movements necessary for life. These humans are manipulated by what remains of their memories.

The men nodded vigorously at me. When they took hold of me and lifted me in their strong arms, I thought nothing of it. I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts.