Quotes about Manipulation

There can be no doubt that Stapleton exercised an influence over her which may have been love or may have been fear, or very possibly both, since they are by no means incompatible emotions.

If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.

She taught me that women who want without needing are expensive and sometimes wasteful, but women who need without wanting are dangerous — they suck you in and pretend not to notice.

Twisting of the holiest and highest truth in the universe.

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

WIDESPREAD EVIL ALWAYS HAS ITS ROOTS IN WIDESPREAD DECEPTION

Spirituality really lost its way when it became a stick to beat people with: 'Do this or you'll burn in hell.

Love is giving up control. It's surrendering the desire to control the other person. The two—love and controlling power over the other person—are mutually exclusive. If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

What you discover about life's shell game is that it's hardest to follow the pea when you're the pea.

Facts are ventriloquist's dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.

Demagoguery is the ability to dress minor ideas with major words.