Quotes About Manipulation

No man hath it in his power to over-rule the deceitfulness of a woman.

You can't change skin, can't fix tongues, can't brighten eyes, but power is for the taking. Steal it, lie for it, kill if you have to. You can win the girl with the interesting eyes. Looking

Typically, we use the term "playing politics" only to describe our colleagues' behavior—never our own. They are sucking up, scheming, and manipulating, but we are building relationships, developing strategies, and opening communication channels.

to glide gently into facile hands that would deform him.

Los perversos narcisistas son los que más miedo les tienen a los demás. Para ellos, todas las personas a las que no consiguen seducir o someter son potencialmente peligrosas.

The time that people aren't expecting what's going to happen, I find that's the best time to really cause the damage that needs to be done.

They use fear to control us, they control us to make us afraid. One more reason to be brave.

I think a lot of people are really scared right now. Not every person makes good choices, and sometimes, when people are scared, there are people who try to take advantage of that fear.

There are two levers for moving man -- interest and fear.

Corporate terrorism is psychological warfare. Corporate terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.

he who feeds you, controls you

Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.

The powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on that most rarefied delicacy: impunity.

Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.

If someone is very hungry, the Angkar will take him where he will be stuffed with food.

If you control the oil you control the country; if you control food, you control the population.

Part of what the food industry does with public relations, just like the chemical industry or the oil industry, is to try to erase their fingerprints from their messaging.

Tis not a year or two shows us a man: They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; They eat us hungerly, and when they are full They belch us.

Marketing is essentially about feeding the poop back to diners fast enough to make them think they're still getting real food.

Remembering from last year how Haymitch's gifts are often timed to send a message, I make a note to myself. Be friends with Finnick. You'll get food.

You can't stop a revolution from breathin', so to beat 'em they offer people the illusion of freedom.

Up is down, pleasure is pain, darkness is light, slavery is freedom, madness is sanity.

I think: the powers like to talk about "freedom" in order to wash the population's brains.

A definite factor in getting a lie believed is the size of the lie. The broad mass of the people, in the simplicity of their hearts, more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.