Manipulation Quotes

• The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.

  Philip K. Dick

  Writing, Reality, People

  1986 I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,'How To Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later'.

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• The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.

  Edward Bernays

  Country, Intelligent, Nwo

  Edward L. Bernays (1930). “Propaganda”

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• If we inspire people, they will give us more than we asked for.  If we manipulate them, they will give us exactly what we paid for

  Simon Sinek

  People, Giving, Inspire

  Twitter post from Mar 22, 2012

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• Vision without integrity is not mission - it's manipulation.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Integrity, Vision, Missions

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• We live in a world where unfortunately the distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly blurred by manipulation of facts, by exploitation of uncritical minds, and by the pollution of the language.

  Arne Tiselius

  Science, Mind, True And False

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• When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  People, Political, Religion

  "An Urchin in the Storm: Essays About Books and Ideas". Book by Stephen Jay Gould. "The Quack Detector", p. 245, 1987.

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• We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.

  Edward Bernays

  Small Numbers, Mind, Wire

  "Propaganda". Book by Edward Bernays (p. 37 - 38), 1928.

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• The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

  Malcolm X

  Wisdom, Powerful, Print Media

  "The Awakening of Global Consciousness: A Guide to Self-Realization and Spirituality". Book by Dr. Jawara D. King, p.199, 2010.

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• Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

  Joyce Brothers

  Love, Romantic, Women

  Joyce Brothers (1985). “How to get whatever you want out of life”

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• When you acquire enough inner peace and feel really positive about yourself, it's almost impossible for you to be controlled and manipulated by anybody else.

  Wayne Dyer

  Positive, Peace, Self Esteem

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Everyday Wisdom for Success (Easyread Large Edition)”, p.20, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Genuine sincerity opens people's hearts, while manipulation causes them to close.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Heart, People, Causes

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• A mind attacked and conquered is guided easily away from the paths of its own soul.

  Ayi Kwei Armah

  Soul, Mind, Novelists

  Ayi Kwei Armah, Gwendolyn Brooks (1991). “Very Young Poets”, Third World Pr

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• 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.

  Michael Ende

  Lying, Deceit, Belief

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• Art is the manipulation of someone else's imagination.

  Sol Saks

  Art, Writing, Imagination

  Sol Saks (1991). “Funny Business: The Craft of Comedy Writing”, Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC

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• Manipulation is moving together for my advantage. Motivation is moving together for mutual advantage.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivation, Moving, Together

  John C. Maxwell (2001). “Developing the Leader Within You Workbook”, p.154, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

  George Orwell

  Inspirational, Life, People

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• The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.

  Noam Chomsky

  Nature, Powerful, Principles

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• Television is by nature the dominator drug par excellence. Control of content, uniformity of content, repeatability of content make it inevitably a tool of coersion, brainwashing, and manipulation.

  Terence McKenna

  Dmt, Drug, Mind Blowing

  Terence McKenna (2010). “Food Of The Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge”, p.220, Random House

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  If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

  Malcolm X

  Hate, Lying, Media

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• You stink like a faerie, all flowers and sunshine and evil manipulation.

  Kiersten White

  Flower, Sunshine, Evil

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• For manipulation to be most effective, evidence of its presence should be nonexistent... It is essential, therefore, that people who are manipulated believe in the neutrality of their key social institutions.

  Herbert Schiller

  Life, Believe, Keys

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• I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

  Javier Bardem

  Fear, Order, People

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• Remember that any time you're filled with resentment, you're turning the controls of your emotional life over to others to manipulate.

  Wayne Dyer

  Emotional, Control Someone, Feelings

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Nov 07, 2011

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• Whining is a form of manipulation. People will give anything to make you shut up.

  Jessica Zafra

  People, Giving, Shut Up

  Jessica Zafra (1997). “Chicken pox for the soul”

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• If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.

  Edward Bernays

  Thinking, Small Numbers, Knowing

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