Quotes about Manipulation
I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Whatever men expect, they soon come to think they have a right to; the sense of disappointment can, with very little skill on our part, be turned into a sense of injury. (senior devil speaking)
— CS Lewis
Whatever men expect, they soon come to think they have a right to; the sense of disappointment can, with very little skill on our part, be turned into a sense of injury. (senior devil speaking)
— CS Lewis
I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
— Arthur Ashe
See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
What is of man uses manipulation to conform. What is of #God uses implantation to transform.
— AW Tozer
For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what THEY please.
— CS Lewis
Evil men of every degree will use you, flatter you, lead you on until you are useless; then, if the virtuous do not pity you, or God compassionate, you are without a friend in the universe.
— Henry Ward Beecher
To foment grievance and to set men at variance is the trade by which agitators thrive and journalists make money.
— Dorothy Sayers
I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true
— Lady Gaga
Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
— Aldous Huxley
Any manipulation of the Scriptures to make them speak peace to the natural man is evil and can only lead to ruin.
— AW Tozer