451 Quotes About Manipulation

When people can do something simple to avoid conflict--say, hit a button or unlock a latch--they'll generally do it.

In a dependent relationship, the protégé can always control the protector by threatening to collapse.

The game is getting old, and I don’t know if it’s because I’ve mastered the art of it, or if I just have some weird attention-deficit-disorder when it comes to getting my way all the time, every time.

The people who would like to manipulate and use you won't tell you your blind spots. They may plan to continue using them to their advantage.

How did you get back?' asked Vautrin. 'I walked,' replied Eugene.'I wouldn't like half-pleasures, myself,' observed the tempter. 'I'd want to go there in my own carriage, have my own box, and come back in comfort. All or nothing, that's my motto.''And a very good one,' said Madame Vauquer.

Madame de Nucingen was already there, dressed with the deliberate aim of appealing to all eyes, knowing that thereby she would seem even more attractive to Eugène.

People are always busy in trying to manipulate and dominate others!

If a man loves a girl who is in the first place young and inexperienced; who in the second place is educated with a background of caveman tradition, a middle-ground of poetry and romance, and a foreground of unspoken hope and interest all centering upon the one Event; and who has, furthermore, absolutely no other hope or interest worthy of the name - why, it is a comparatively easy manner to sweep her off her feet with a dashing attack.

Behind every angry mob there is a puppeteer pulling the strings.