Quotes About Influence

Because the vast majority of men would far rather be told what to do than make their own choices. Obedience is easy.

He could do anything and it would be right, for he had made himself a willing puppet of God's purpose and in so doing freed himself. He alone free, surrounded by slaves.

And loyalty? A trick those with power played on those without to make them act against their own interests.

My father used to say the seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.

It wasn't lost on Vick that he was giving her the same compliments she'd just given Tallow. Some people you reel in by making them think they need you. More often, it's making them think you need them. People want to feel good about themselves. Want to feel needed. Vick wondered if she'd been reeled in already. Long ago.

He blinked at her. "How do I tell who the ringleaders are?" "They'll be the ones you're pointing at.

Laž se može pretvoriti u istinu ako se izvikuje dovoljo ?esto.

First it is done to us, then we do it to others, then we order it done. Such is the way of things.

In the end, no matter what they say, most folk want a path to follow. Someone to tell 'em it'll all be fine. Someone to tell 'em what to do.

If the Great Change had proved anything, it was that—with enough force, with enough fear—one could bend them into whatever knots one pleased.

Worry less about what the gods might do and more about what you can,

Besides, it somehow helped to imagine that the orders came from somewhere else, somewhere unknowable and irresistible. It was nice to have an attic in which to stack the blame. Friendly

Primero nos lo hacen a nosotros, luego nosotros se lo hacemos a los demás y finalmente ordenamos a otros que lo hagan

Szörnyen vékony a határvonal aközött, ha valakit vezérként emelnek a magasba, meg aközött, ha akasztott emberként kerül a többiek fölé.

No podemos corregir las necedades de cada idiota, igual que no podemos corregir la marea. —

But laws did not appear at all the rigid pillars they once had. If the Great Change had proved anything, it was that—with enough force, with enough fear—one could bend them into whatever knots one pleased.

Jezal was beginning to doubt that anyone in a position of high authority ever really knew what they were doing. The best one could hope for was to maintain some shred of an illusion that one might.

Command was a trick. You had to spread the illusion that you knew what you were doing as deep and as wide through your men as you could. Spread the illusion and hope for the best.

Folk aren't just cowards or heroes. They're both and neither, depending on how things stand. Depending on who stands with them, who stands against. Depending on the life they've had. The death they see waiting.

There's always something dark about a man with money

Being in charge can seem like a thing iron-forged, but in the end it's just an idea everyone agrees to. By

What happens now?' 'The people will decide,' said Pike. Orso glanced about him. At the people. 'Really?' He gave a puzzled smile. 'Are they equipped for that?

The vast majority of men would far rather be told what to do than make their own choices. Obedience is easy.

La forma de doblegar a una persona para que cumpla tu voluntad es ofrecerle lo que ella quiere, no obligarla a pronunciar un juramento.