Quotes About Manipulation

As someone who has long observed the techniques of creating politically acceptable language, and has sometimes been a practitioner of that craft, I would say that the principal difference between the first and the revised draft is in the weasel words.

Did you see these buildings turn to dust or do you 'believe' they collapsed because you were told that they collapsed? Whoever controls the energy controls the people. But whoever controls their perception controls everything.17 – Eric Larsen

The techniques of brainwashing are simple: isolate the victim, expose them to consistent messages, mix with sleep deprivation, add some form of abuse, get the person to doubt what they know and feel, keep them on their toes, wear them down, and stir well.

targets of emotional blackmail may become guarded about certain subjects and stop sharing major parts of their lives,

Borderlines may need to feel in control of other people because they feel so out of control with themselves. In addition, they may be trying to make their own world more predictable and manageable.

Almost universally, non-BPs say they feel manipulated by the BPs in their lives. If the non-BP doesn't do what the BP wants them to do, the BP may threaten

You can always encourage people to do what you want through subtle or blatant rewards and punishments. But it is still their decision how to act.

Enlisting allies: The blackmailer asks other people to pressure you. This seems to be most common when the person with BPD is a parent. In one case, a mother with BPD showed up at her daughter's door with four relatives to back her up.

Narcissists do not consider the pain they inflict on others; nor do they give any credence to others' perceptions. They simply do not care about thoughts and feelings that conflict with their own. Do not expect them to listen to, validate, understand, or support you. —Les Parker, PhD

People with BPD often need to feel in control of other people, because they feel so out of control with themselves. In addition, because they feel vulnerable and afraid, they try to make their world more predictable and manageable by controlling it as much as possible.

Minimizing any visible reaction: If the person with BPD knows the button-pushing is having the desired effect—whether consciously or unconsciously—chances are that the behavior will be repeated.

Many distortion campaigns seem to revolve around either real or perceived abandonment, loss, and rejection

Narcissists are actors playing a part. They are expert liars, and, even worse, they believe their own lies. Practiced in dishonesty, they can't tell the difference between their own version of truth and a falsehood. They may take the past and rearrange it to make themselves look good. They rarely if ever admit fault, and they never say they're sorry. —Rokelle Lerner, author of The Object of My Affection Is in My Reflection: Coping with Narcissists

That's where I operate. In the shadows. Let other people take the credit. Don't be the story, shape the story: that's my motto.

Politics is the art of preventing people from minding their own business.

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

La politique est l'art d'empcher les gens de se mler de ce qui les regarde. (Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.

I try to be careful because technology changes so much over the years. But some things don't change. Kids and parents have disagreements, kids try to manipulate, parents try to sit down with rules and regs. That part never changes.

know that what you've done is twist something natural into something else. And you can never trust an unnatural thing.

don't know how she made her money. I didn't help her out, I can tell you that. I knew she'd drink whatever I gave her, or whatever else she was snorting or shooting. I stopped asking.

History, of course, is never real. People either glorify it or horrify it. Or at the very least color it.

For one hit he'd done a version of Victor/Victoria, pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman pretending to be a man when he'd been hired to kill a paranoid and heavily guarded government official.