Anita Brookner Quotes

When it comes to me, I can rule out that I am scheming for a change.

Lisa Vanderpump is a manipulative person and when I was on the show I did a lot of her dirty work for her.

In Charn [Jadis] had taken no notice of Polly (till the very end) because Digory was the one she wanted to make use of. Now that she had Uncle Andrew, she took no notice of Digory. I expect most witches are like that. They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them; they are terribly practical.

Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all.

Straight girls like me. They flirt with me to get whatever they want. Of course it works.

Psychopaths view any social exchange as a 'feeding opportunity,' a contest or a test of wills in which there can be only one winner. Their motives are to manipulate and take, ruthlessly and without remorse.

Psychopaths are social predators, and like all predators, they are looking for feeding grounds. Wherever you get power, prestige and money, you will find them.

What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology.

Many people out there don't have a choice in choosing their friends and the people they're being manipulated by. Thank God, I have that choice. I can use my judgment and choose.

More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something!

Politics is the art of dominating men.

The qualities necessary for a demagogue are these: to be foul-mouthed, base-born, and a low and mean fellow.

Maniacal self-promoter …. Makes Machiavelli look like a simple, straightforward kinda guy.

Everybody, to some extent, manipulates. Even children learn to cry when they want something. There are all kinds of subtle things we do to get others to follow our lead, not bother us, and so on.

Sidharth Shukla is very manipulative.

In 'Drama,' I play a flirtatious girl who uses her femininity to get things done.

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

You can't be loved for long if you're not feared.

Honestly, it’s so easy to get what you want from people if they think you’re a psycho.

Donald Trump always puts himself first.

Donald Trump always takes care of Donald and people like Donald.

I succeeded in using my charms like a weapon; I learned to play with other's hearts and to master my own desires.

Only interested in himself and profiting from the war as an unscrupulous entrepreneur, and not in being a patriot: "I believe in Rhett Butler. He's the only cause I know. The rest doesn't mean much to me."

Manipulated, one manipulates others.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.