Ned Vizzini Quotes

A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.

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

People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.

The coaches of some players who are my own age keep saying publically about me: "This guy is going to be one of the greats." I am clever enough to know that they do not truthfully think so. They are trying to shake my confidence. Of course, this is a matter of tactics.

No matter what it is, if you really want it, and if you get out of the way of it, it will happen. It must be. It is Law. It can be no other way. It's the way this Universe is established. If you want it and you relax, it will happen.

They try to make you think they care about what you do but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you won't pose a threat to them.

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

When you're appealing to people's fears and anxieties, you can make some gains.

The German has not the slightest notion how a people must be misled if the adherence of the masses is sought.

When we're focused on what we want, things begin to slot perfectly into place.

I don't want to be some actor talking about how he wants to be a musician. It's something I'm really passionate about and I don't want to be spouting off at the mouth about something before it's out there and can speak for itself.

I believe in the law of attraction...I believe you can speak things into existence. When you know where you're going and you know what you want, the universe has a way of stepping aside for you.

You will find ambiguity a great ally on your road to power. Give a sign of Slytherin on one day, and contradict it with a sign of Gryffindor the next; and the Slytherins will be enabled to believe what they wish, while the Gryffindors argue themselves into supporting you as well. So long as there is uncertainty, people can believe whatever seems to be to their own advantage. And so long as you appear strong, so long as you appear to be winning, their instincts will tell them that their advantage lies with you. Walk always in the shadow, and light and darkness both will follow.

The magician to some degree is trying to drive him or herself mad in a controlled setting, within controlled laws.

If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em.

One comes to a decision based on what one wants, not based on what one doesn't want. Got it?

Who-who are you?" Seth asked, hesitantly."Wh-what do you want?" How else was was I supposed to reply? The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them.I mean, I'd only seen the movie like seventeen times. "I'm Luke Skywalker," I said. "I'm here to rescue you.

Would you put a pastrami in your mouth if you didn't want to eat it?

But nothing is more insidious than the evolution of wishes from mere fancies, and of wants from mere wishes.

You've got to send your words out in the direction you want your life to go.

There are three ways that men get what they want: by planning, by working, and by praying.

As far as I can tell, it's just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass.

Write your script. When you see things you don't want, don't think about them, write about them, talk about them, push against them, or join groups that focus on the don't wants... remove your attention from don't wants.. and place them on do wants.

If you want to make a million you don't have to understand money, what you have to understand is people's fears about money