Kathleen Winsor Quotes

I do a lot of things for effect, which is not to say I am superficial, but that I know how to put ideas across.

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

I think it's important to never play 'crazy' - you have to know what kind of crazy you're playing.

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

Tactics are manipulative.

If he is reelected, I can keep him in ignorance of my affairs.

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

I'll always keep you guessing. I'm living up to the name. It's powerful. That's just what I do.

I'm very good at manipulation.

I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.

A fundamental premise of politics is we can make this work if people just never figure it out.

The devil knew what he did when he made men politic; he crossed himself by it.

And a diplomatist is one who lets the other fellow think he's getting his way, while all the time he's having his own. It never does any special harm to let people have their way with their mouths.

Am I Machiavellian? I don't think I'm quite the mastermind people would have me be. Everything I do tends to be very successful and it may have something to do with the fact that I'm very good, not necessarily that I manipulate. But that doesn't often occur to people.

Intelligence can be used to manipulate.

If politics is like show business, then the idea is not to pursue excellence, clarity or honesty but to appear as if you are, which is another matter altogether.

Some people seek to understand, and some people seek to portray what they want to portray.

Putin knows how to run the KGB playbook. I mean, he knows how to work people.

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?

The Russian Bolsheviks have discovered that truth does not matter so long as there is reiteration. They have no difficulty whatever in countering a fact by a lie which, if repeated often enough and loudly enough, becomes accepted by the people.

It's always good to keep people guessing.

Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of power.

O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.