Quotes tagged ‘Conspiracy’

“As far as Michael Jackson goes, I look at it like this – he has kids, right? He had a career. Why would he do that stuff? It’s kinda the same thing as Bill Cosby – they only wanted to stop him from getting a TV network like Oprah. We should let legends rest, if you don’t have evidence that he did wh…”

— Juice WRLD, nme.com

“You’re searching for conspiracy because the truth is far more painful.”

— Rayna McClendon, Master Lin, Benedict Wong, imdb.com

“General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war? Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No, I don't think I do, sir, no. General Jack D. Ripper: He said war was too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he might have been right. But today, w…”

— Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George, Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper, Sterling Hayden, imdb.com

“Conspiracy sells…it pays for bulletproof limousines.”

— Chris Carter, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com

“We must ask ourselves…are they really a hoax? Are we truly alone? Or are we being lied to?”

— Chris Carter, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com

“Where the pessimist sees danger hiding behind every back, the optimist sees friendship. Which is why, when we encounter coincidence, we often see conspiracy.”

— Noah Hawley, Nathaniel Halpern, Narrator, Jon Hamm, imdb.com

“You wanna talk about stress? You wanna talk about stress?! Okay! I've stumbled onto a major company conspiracy, Mac--how 'bout that for stress?”

— Scott Marder, Rob Rosell, Charlie Kelly, Charlie Day, imdb.com

“My life has been a lie! God is dead! The government's lame! Thanksgiving is about killing Indians! Jesus wasn't born on Christmas! They moved the date, it was a pagan holiday!”

— Jeff Myers, Morty Jr., Richard Christy, imdb.com

“There are certain truths which stand out so openly on the roadsides of life, as it were, that every passer-by may see them. Yet, because of their obviousness, the general run of people disregard such truths or at least they do not make them the object of any conscious knowledge. People are so blind…”

— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com

“Calculation is not something to be scoffed at. It's a tool. A tactic. And I use it proudly and often.”

— Adam R. Perlman, Willie Reale, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

“I took a picture that you or any one of your friends could make. I put it online and was under federal investigation for conspiracy to assassinate the President of the United States of America. I didn’t do anything wrong. It’s insane and I truly believe if it happened to me it could happen to you.”

— Kathy Griffin,

“There are implicit rules to never unmask the toxicity of the group or its decisions. Questions are always met with ambiguous or vague answers or outright reprimands and punishment. The victim’s duty is to keep quiet, remain a scapegoat and not make a fuss about carrying out dirty work for the group.”

— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com

“To make the conspiracy all the more effective, the victim is further silenced by what makes them so special in the first place – their ability to be discerning, their sensitive nature, their compassion – are all used to paint them as unhinged should they dare to speak out.”

— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com

“Truth-tellers are commonly scapegoated in groups where there is toxicity brimming beneath the surface.”

— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com

“This example illustrates something deeply important: groups with one or more sociopaths do not target people who are incompetent. On the contrary, they target those who threaten the status quo in some way.”

— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com

“These victims may at first be idealized and love-bombed. They are subjected to praise, laser-focused attention, gifts and false promises to lure them into the group. They are “groomed” to feel like a part of the group, which often has many cult-like qualities which discourage dissent and discussion.”

— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com

“Jeri Hogarth: You need to pull yourself together. You are coming across distinctly paranoid. Jessica: Everyone keeps saying that. It's like a conspiracy.”

— Hilly Hicks Jr., Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, imdb.com

“It’s the others, the real string pullers. You wanna know what’s really going on? Look around, sweetheart. I’m not the only one under their thumb. They’re manipulating everything, always, just to line their own pockets, to have total control. But that’s the conspiracy, man.”

— Adam Penn, Mr. Robot, Christian Slater, imdb.com

“Every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. A great company is a conspiracy to change the world; when you share your secret, the recipient becomes a fellow conspirator.”

— Peter Thiel, amazon.com

“This thing is like an onion. The more layers you peel, the more it stinks.”

— Peter Mehlman, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com