Richard Marx Quotes

I'm not trying to twist people's heads around. I'm not trying to say, "Believe in me."

Manipulating people, that's what I'm good at

The thoughts he put in her head. Someone should’ve arrested him for it.

I don't like people that try to psyche other people out.

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

We're able to use certain techniques to get people to behave in certain ways. We're able to use certain techniques to make it look like we're reading minds, even though we're not.

Men. They were all so incredibly easy to sway. Pat them on their heads, give them something to eat, and they'll follow you anywhere. Add a smile and a few stupid compliments, and they'll immediately forget all about their other responsibilities.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat's head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying to get rid of his, would it not?

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.

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.

The thing about people who are truly and malignantly crazy: their real genius is for making the people around them think they themselves are crazy. In military science this is called Psy-Ops, for your info.

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

Intelligence can be used to manipulate.

Screw the truth into men's minds.

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 ... Who knows what use they’ll make of you? Maybe you’ll help them to persuade people to buy things they don’t need, or hate things they know nothing about, or hold beliefs that make them easy to handle, or doubt the truths that might save them.

Always remember that as long as other people are gullible, there's no limit to what you can achieve.

Most fatal, most hateful of all things is bullying.... Sensual bullying of course is fairly easily detected. What is more dangerous is ideal bullying. Bullying people into what is ideally good for them.

One must do things in such a way that people believe that they want it to be done this way.

If I get ‘em by the short and curlies, the hearts and minds will follow.

We lead them to believe that we are in complete control over every aspect of their lives.

I can't manipulate anybody's minds.

I'm very good at manipulation.

When you're good at controlling your own emotions, you can disguise your true feelings. When you know what others are feeling, you can tug at their heartstrings and motivate them to act against their own best interests.

Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind.