manipulation strategies Quotes

You're a very difficult person to manipulate, you know." "Nonsense," he said. "You just have to promise me that I won't have to do a thing, and then I'll do anything you want." "Anything?" "Anything that doesn't require doing anything." "That's nothing, then." "Is it?" "Yes." "Well, that's something.

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

Roughly speaking, any man with energy and enthusiasm ought to be able to bring at least a dozen others round to his opinion in the course of a year no matter how absurd that opinion might be. We see every day in politics, in business, in social life, large masses of people brought to embrace the most revolutionary ideas, sometimes within a few days. It is all a question of getting hold of them in the right way and working on their weak points.

Manipulated, one manipulates others.

besides, how can you cheat a cheater?

There is nothing that you may not get people to believe in if you will only tell it them loud enough and often enough, till the welkin rings with it.

I can try to wheedle information out of people," Holly offered. "For which I'll need a lower-cut top.