Mary Wesley Quotes

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.

It was my wife that insisted I do 'The Hangover.'

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers.

Propaganda invariably serves the long-term interests of some elite.

The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist.

Tactics are manipulative.

Are you trying to manipulate me? It's working.

It's your constitutional right, but if I were you, I wouldn't do it. I can do better for you.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

I'm very good at manipulation.

It turns out we are all quite easily swayed if someone knows what they are doing - which is a great thing and a dangerous thing.

The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.

I'm not naturally manipulative.

Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.

The best way to get husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they are too old to do it.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted.

I consider myself a persuasive person. With the ability to persuade comes a certain level of power.

You know, you can't make the people do what you want them to do.

I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to.