Manipulativeness Quotes & Sayings

I'm not confident in social situations; just going up to someone in a bar and saying 'Hi' is going to be even more difficult because they won't know the real me. They will just know me as a fictional person I play on the screen. — Benedict Cumberbatch

You receive the light through what you read, through what you hear in meditation, or through some spiritual practice. — Marianne Williamson

My cares come from a very selfish place 'cause in reality I'm young, and I haven't had the experience to be mature yet. — Vince Staples

Beware of the manipulativeness of rich students who were neglected by their parents. They love to turn the campus into hysterical psychodramas of sexual transgression, followed by assertions of parental authority and concern. And don't look for sexual enlightenment from academe, which spews out mountains of books but never looks at life directly. — Camille Paglia

It is a distinction, instead, between two entirely different kinds of reality, belonging to two entirely disparate conceptual orders. In fact, the very division between monotheism and polytheism is in many cases a confusion of categories. — David Bentley Hart

The Muslims have got Islam as a legacy, hence they fail to recognize its value — Marmaduke Pickthall

I like to go with the energy because when you ignore it that's when you start doing things wrong. — Dana Plato

Hands down, the hardest part for me is coming up with an idea. I spend about 14 months writing a book, and that's a lot of hours spent thinking about a single project. I simply have to love the idea. I'll go through dozens of workable ideas until I find the one that lights my fire. — Kristin Hannah

M'lord," Janos Slynt reminded him. "You'll address me-"
"I'll go, my lord. But you are making a mistake, my lord. You are sending the wrong man, my lord. Just the sight of me is going to anger Mance ... — George R R Martin

Denunciations of the manipulativeness of advertisers can unfortunately all too easily be turned on their heads into denunciations of the gullibility of consumers. Both are forms of scapegoating, neither accomplishes anything. — J.M. Coetzee

Hidden within the heart of every man is that small boy who shudders at those dread things who shuffle among the shadows — James D. Doss

Truth is what people want to believe and nothing more. — Leon Uris

Every one of my works, when I'm looking back, becomes some kind of solution, or something to concentrate on. Something to pay attention to and maybe change direction. — Agnes Denes