Quotes About Manipulation

When one with honeyed words but evil mindPersuades the mob, great woes befall the state.

If I had a nickel for every time I'd wished I possessed the power to alter another person's mind, I'd be knee deep in nickels.

Power changes its appearance but not its reality.

Everybody says that I have a lot of power. But what does that power consist of?... Can I influence governments? I am beginning to be able to..." (1995)

Religion was a means to an end. She had seen it wielded as a weapon. If she needed to use it, she would, but she would never allow herself to be used by it.

Power is a curious thing. Who lives, Who dies. Power resides where men believe it resides. It is a trick, A shadow on the wall.

What insanity would lead me to believe that I possess the power, much less the aptitude to manipulate all of the consequences out of all of my decisions?

I make you see things that aren't really there and you believe every word

Deceit is a tool of statecraft, " Irulan agreed."There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover, " Paul said.

Suspense was an excellent tool for keeping powerful people off balance. It gave one bargaining power.

Power in society is achieved through control of the purse, pen, and politics.

And this is what she wants to do to people. Let them have their own lives, until she wants them. Give them the strength of giants, but not the power to control it.

A stupid is one who thinks that those in power today had clandestine means of getting there, yet wants to get there without thinking of the clandestine route they would be taking.

Life. All this. Why do they need to make us do this? Why do they treat us like we're their slaves?""Power.""Power isn't real. It's just a word.

Communities that can't read and translate what the powers are putting out will always be tricked.

power happily walks hand in hand with abuse

Power and control are more dangerous than any weapons.

When you understand the mechanincs of stress and master the techniques to manipulate someone's fears and dreams, you will be powerful.

The vanity of Eve, that desire to exercise power, to seduce, to drag down!

Don't let people who don't care about you manipulate your mind feelings and emotions, or controls how you think about yourself. Never give that much power to someone else.

If someone's trying to get you angry, the calmer you get, the angrier they'll get.

The way of the world isn't the strong devouring the weak, but the weak deceiving and poisoning and whispering in the ears of the strong until they become weak, too.

For Milady was well aware that her most seductive power was in her voice, which could run skilfully through the whole scale of tones, from mortal speech, upwards to the language of heaven.

Everybody has a second personality, it may possess and make you do whatever it likes.