Quotes About Manipulation

The essence of socialization is to make people dependent on social controls, to have them respond predictably to rewards and punishments. And

They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell.

There has perhaps been no lie greater than the one told of a devil awaiting sinners in hell. Any good it may have done in preventing people from sinning has surely been offset by the mass manipulation it makes possible, extracting subservience from what become confused, unhappy lives filled with regret, guilt, and fear.

It's mostly the financial chicanery that's going on. People are saying 'What kind of trust can we put in this market?'

As you ascertain the validity of the call you believe God is placing on your life, search your heart for any sinful motivation, any thoughts of power, greed, or pride. If you find it, repent and get humble again before Jesus, because his call won't involve manipulation. His Call Will Involve the Desire of Your Heart

There is no horror, no cruelty, sacrilege, or perjury, no imposture, no infamous transaction, no cynical robbery, no bold plunder or shabby betrayal that has not been or is not daily being perpetrated by the representatives of the states, under no other pretext than those elastic words, so convenient and yet so terrible: "for reasons of state."

You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.

But ideas can make men forget their own interests. And the guys in charge will exploit men who believe in ideas too much.

When I played the "I don't feel comfortable" card, he knew it was over. "I don't feel comfortable" is the classic manipulative girl get-my-way line. It's right up there with "I don't feel entirely safe." Was it fair? Nope. Was it cool? Absolutely not. But it also wasn't fair or cool for him to have brought three dozen size-zero gowns to my photo shoot.

You know how it is. Some people really seem to want to get close so they can get close. Some people want to get close so they can complain about their lives to you. Some people want to get close so they can have sex. And some people seem to want to get close just so they can hurt you.

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It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth.

Saying you have something that you don't makes it yours. Saying you don't have something you do makes it go away.

Power is the ability to direct or privent the current or future actions of other groups and individuals.

somos más vulnerables a las malas ideas y los malos líderes.

siempre estamos, consciente o inconscientemente, midiendo nuestro poder: hasta dónde podemos lograr que otros hagan lo que queremos o evitar que nos impongan cierta conducta.

Él ha entendido que en estos tiempos es necesario para los gobernantes parecer democráticos aunque en la práctica no lo sean. Pero guardar las apariencias democráticas es algo que a Hugo le interesa... y lo hace muy bien.

La fuerza, o la amenaza de emplear la fuerza, es el instrumento contundente a través del cual se ejerce el poder en situaciones extremas.

Millones juzgan que están en juego las libertades políticas y desaprueban que el presidente quiera llevar el país a un modelo como el de Cuba gracias a los votos que obtendrá engañando a los pobres con promesas que se sabe que son imposibles, regalándoles pollos, televisores, neveras o, directamente, dinero.

Casi todos los senadores, diputados y gobernadores que Hugo apoya ganan. Todo apunta, pues, a que tiene las vías despejadas para gobernar sin cortapisas.

el uso de beneficios materiales para inducir un comportamiento es tal vez el más común de los canales a través de los cuales se ejerce el poder.

Hoy es infinitamente más fácil matar a un millón de personas que controlarlas».

First, does the manipulation change the structure of the existing situation, or does it instead change the second party's assessment of the situation? • Second, does the manipulation offer the second party an improvement, or does it instead lead the second party to accept a result that is not an improvement?