Quotes About Manipulation

Gerrymandering isn't just a recent phenomenon, though; the word was coined in 1812 when Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry went to such egregious lengths to redraw the state senate districts in his party's favor that one district took on the shape of a salamander.

In 1984, Orwell could only imagine a tyrannical central government having the power to systematically undermine objective truth. Today we see that process happening organically through millions of social media "shares.

If cyberspace can screw with you, it will.

youtube has been told to get rid of anything that disputes the official narrative of total lies

WE MUST USE OUR SENSE OF REASON AND NOT SHUT THAT OFF BECAUSE IT CONFLICTS WITH THE OFFICIAL PROPAGANDA.

She could not know that he was a master manipulator. She could not know that he had plans for her. And she could not know that as the Duke of Blackheath strode out into the Grand Hall and called for his hat, his gloves, and his horse, his eyes were gleaming with cunning delight.

Now Maeve, sweetheart, do not be difficult," he chided, tipping the glass, still holding her jaw so she couldn't turn away, and watching her like a hawk to make sure she drank. "I dosed it with plenty of sugar. You'll find it sweet and tangy, just like you.

Damn you Gray for getting him so bloody soused he can't even think straight!

His deep voice broke the spell. "So, what do you suggest I do, ladies?" He stared out to sea, knowing very well what he would do. But he wanted to involve these two youngsters, win them over to his side. Draw the enemy in. Drag them over to your camp, until their commander finds herself alone and unsupported . . . vulnerable.

A politician who represents the interests primarily of economic elites must find other means of appealing to the masses. Such alternatives are provided by the politics of nationalism, sectarianism, and identity.

They spoke of the crowds that had filled the plaza: the people, always myopic, always easy to fool.

Lie #3: Advertisers and fast-food restaurants know what will make you happy.

I have an idea that the phrase "the weaker sex" was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm. —OGDEN NASH

In short, we derive support for our preferred conclusions by listening to the words that we put in the mouths of people who have already been preselected for their willingness to say what we want to hear.

Power can move you off the proper position on the dial and scramble the signals you receive, distorting clear messages and obscuring more subtle ones.

In the name of rejecting ecclesiastical authority as "hierarchy" or "tradition" as theological manipulation and bondage, we have instead created a hermeneutic of suspicion and have invested every biblically informed conscience (instead of a pope) to speak ex cathedra. It is a Pyrrhic victory for Free church Protestantism when the net effect of its teaching results in the replacing of the tyranny of the magisterium with the tyranny of individualism.

A pseudo-event… comes about because someone has planned, planted, or incited it. Typically, it is not a train wreck or an earthquake, but an interview.

The great tennis player John McEnroe used this to his advantage on the courts. When an opponent was performing especially well, for example by using a particularly good backhand, McEnroe would compliment him on it. McEnroe knew this would cause the opponent to think about his backhand, and this thinking disrupted the automatic application of it.

Music is being used to manipulate our emotions, and we tend to accept, if not outright enjoy, the power of music to make us experience these different feelings.

Quiero esas zapatillas de princesa ahora mismo!». Pero nos damos cuenta de que sabe perfectamente lo que hace, y que a todas luces sigue una estrategia y nos manipula para conseguir un fin deseado: que lo dejemos todo y le compremos las zapatillas en el acto.

The evidence of priming studies suggests that reminding people of their mortality increases the appeal of authoritarian ideas, which may become reassuring in the context of the terror of death.

I recall being fascinated by numbers even at age three and viewed their manipulation as a kind of game.

Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.

Republican presidential debates have become contests of who can terrify viewers the most.