Quotes tagged ‘manipulation’

(123 total)

“People think what I want them to.”

— Meredith Glynn, Queen Maeve, Dominique McElligott, imdb.com

“You know, so if the audience thinks that I'm sad or fragile or emotional, it's because I want them to think that.”

— Seth Meyers, Izabella Barta, Cate Blanchett, imdb.com

“An apology without change is just manipulation.”

“Jamie Randall: Hey, Lisa. Bruce Winston: Her name's not Lisa. Jamie Randall: I know. I know. But, if every time I say 'Hey, Lisa', then eventually she'll come up to me and she'll be like, you know, 'My name's not Lisa it's... Jennifer'... whatever, and I'll do a big apology and I'll say, 'I thought…”

— Charles Randolph, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, James Randall, George Segal, imdb.com

“They say never trust a limping dog or the tears of a woman.”

— Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas, Frida Kahlo, Salma Hayek, imdb.com

“Holt: I'm disappointed, Santiago. I thought you and I were close. Amy: I know you're manipulating me... but I love it, and I will tell you anything.”

— Gabe Liedman, Amy Santiago, Melissa Fumero, imdb.com

“Humans are shockingly susceptible to just about every form of thought manipulation.”

— Elisabeth R. Finch, Kate Barnow, Bill Compton, Stephen Moyer, imdb.com

“Any secret, no matter how small, can be used as a weapon by someone who wants something from you.”

— Jordon Nardino, Miranda Shaw, Aunjanue Ellis, imdb.com

“You can sell any lie you want if you have enough help.”

— Justin Brenneman, Sharbari Z. Ahmed, Nimah Amin, Yasmine Al Massri, imdb.com

“When you know how to exploit a weakness, you can get a person to do almost anything you want.”

— Sharbari Z. Ahmed, Miranda Shaw, Aunjanue Ellis, imdb.com

“Samantha Stephens: Darrin, do you love me? Darrin Stephens: No. [Samantha is mad] Darrin Stephens: I mean, yes, I love you but no, I won't do what you want me to do when you say 'Darrin, do you love me?'.”

— Robert Riley Crutcher, James S. Henderson, Darrin Stephens (1964-1969 eps.), Dick York, imdb.com

“Francine, my mother is not manipulating me. Our relationship is completely normal. And if you keep upsetting me, then I'll have to retreat to my safe place between her breasts.”

— Nahnatchka Khan, Stan Smith (voice), Seth MacFarlane, imdb.com

“Holt: I'm disappointed, Santiago. I thought you and I were close. Amy: I know you're manipulating me... but I love it, and I will tell you anything.”

— Michael Schur, Daniel J. Goor, Amy Santiago, Melissa Fumero, imdb.com

“Mac, I'm gonna stop you right there. First of all, your breath smells like an old-lady fart passing through an onion. Secondly, I know you're trying to manipulate me. And it's not going to work. Get your hand off my shoulder because I've got a fatty to burn.”

— Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Deandra Reynolds, Kaitlin Olson, imdb.com

“Turk: You have created a monster. Elliot did a little tongue dance in Franklyn's ear just to get him to do her labs before mine. Carla: So she used her femininity! The only reason you usually get your lab-work back so fast is because you always pick Franklyn to play basketball even though he always…”

— Tad Quill, Gabrielle Allan, Carla Espinosa, Judy Reyes, imdb.com

“I was paroled to my mother, OK? What these experts don’t notice in the picture—i haven’t seen it in writing anywhere, it could be somewhere, um, that when I was fourteen years old I ran away from my mother. They mention that, OK. But if you look at that in the overall picture, why did I run away? I…”

— Edmund Kemper, youtube.com

“Researchers have found that psychopaths talk more and use more emotional words in an attempt to gain attention and admiration. Psychopaths are really good at saying just the right thing at the right time. They know how to play on other people's emotions and they're master manipulators.”

— Amy Morin, inc.com

“The ultimate manipulation is to kill someone, and sociopathy is murderous in a psychological sense—there’s a kind of soul-murder going on.”

— Martha Stout, interviewmagazine.com

“Most of us have some kind of positive goal in mind when we think of winning. A sociopath thinks in terms of successfully manipulating someone into doing something that he or she would not have done otherwise. That can be a small thing or a tremendous thing, but the point for the sociopath is to win,…”

— Martha Stout, interviewmagazine.com

“Well, the perfect victim, from the sociopath’s point of view, is the person who is smart enough and capable enough to do him some good in the world and who is also fun to manipulate. How much fun is it to manipulate someone who is stupid and incompetent? Another good person to manipulate is someone…”

— Martha Stout, interviewmagazine.com