Quotes about Manipulation

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

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.

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

Prayer and action...can never be seen as contradictory or mutually exclusive. Prayer without action grows into powerless pietism, and action without prayer degenerates into questionable manipulation.

One said whatever would be of advantage; the question whether it was true no longer arose.

In the past, the greatest weapon the white man has had has been his ability to divide and conquer. If I take my hand and slap you, you don't even feel it. It might sting you because these digits are separated. But all I have to do to put you back in your place is bring those digits together.

It's not like I'm anti-China. I just think it's ridiculous that we allow them to do what they're doing to this country, with the manipulation of the currency, that you write about and understand, and all of the other things that they do.

The devil will tell a thousand truths to sell one lie.'

We do not always believe things because they're true. More often than not, we believe things because they're expedient.

Proud men are the devil's pipes, and flatterers the musicians to blow these pipes.

This truth, that I have to please only God, is an important key to becoming resistant to being manipulated by disapproval from others.

I didn't know that being in a relationship meant you had to be nice. I thought it meant you had to hack away at the other person until they were beaten down and then were too afraid to leave.