Quotes About Maneuvering

And as with Louis, he will not admit the truth, but will find an excuse to rid himself of your presence.

When we are under attack, the temptation is to get emotional, to tell the aggressors to stop, to make threats as to what we'll do if they keep going. That puts us in a weak position: we've revealed both our fears and our plans, and words rarely deter aggressors. Sending them a message through a third party or revealing it indirectly through action is much more effective. That way you signal that you are already maneuvering against them.

If this was another bit of his ta'veren tugging at the Pattern, it was a bit he could have done without. The

No matter what the "take-from-the-rich" crowd came up with, the rich always found a way to outsmart them.

It's a special art, asking people to do things, yet making it seem as if you never asked at all.

You may be a manipulative bastard sometimes, but you are our manipulative bastard.

Never play cat and mouse games if you're a mouse.

One of his best techniques was buying off the clerks that handled the procedural work for judges. We found numerous examples of major cases that were dismissed or postponed because a clerk lost evidence or changed filings, creating procedural errors.

He's a particular kind of sociopath. The kind that makes a great politician. He makes you think he loves you until you stand in his way. And then when he does something to fuck you over, he makes you think it's your fault." "And you know this from experience?

It wasn't just 'divide and conquer,'" said Kazikhanov. "It was 'divide, conquer, and tie up in trouble.

The masses … should be directed without their being aware of it.' Napoleon to Fouché, September 1804

You're not an M.P., you're a gastronomic pimp.

He was a quick study when it came to latching onto the men of power and agreeing with them.

What does 'politicizing intelligence' mean? Using intel, or more often, partial intel, to produce an effect in line with White House policies rather than giving a full picture of a particular situation.

The right can distort anything it wants.

People who are divided are easier to control.

There are no techniques in politics.

By the time he had reached adolescence, he had become adept at manipulating people and getting them to do what he wanted. A few well-placed words in the right ears could be twice as damaging as an equal number of bullets, and much harder to trace back to their source.

becos he fucks with people's heads. He's a control freak. he doesn't like anyone having relationships that don't involve him. Either you're a suck up like Hartella or you end up getting kicked out. Ive only lasted this long because he needs me

was calculated to kill off democracy.

I would have taken genuine delight in looking helpless while actually pulling the strings that made all the others dance. Any of us would, though. We all have our motives, our ambitions.

The pilot was military, so he was using the rudder. Civilian pilots avoid using the rudder. Using the rudder makes the plane slew, like a car skids. Passengers don't like the feeling. So civilian pilots turn by juicing the engines on one side and backing off on the others. Then the plane comes around smoothly.

The tall one sets the strategy, and the fat one works the angles. In

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death