Manipulation Quotes

There is half a psychopath lurking in there, Jonathan. I want you to find him and stick to him. Once you get down to Devon, you are the world’s second worst man, first place already taken.

Since we’re fighting, if you ever have an affair with that guy, I will come to the hotel room and blow my brains out all over your naked bodies.[to Beth, about Davin]

People say this is the age of technology. They’re wrong. This is the age of manipulation.[to Technical Boy]

My country’s history is one of manufactured suffering.

It isn’t hard to convince somebody you love them if you know what they want to hear.

I’ll protect you. All you gotta do is take this pocket right here, and your life’ll be all peaches and cream. I walk, you walk with me. I’ll keep you real close so no one up in here can hurt you.[to Michael]

How sweetly the fox speaks when it’s been cornered by the hounds.

Here’s what we do. We watch them. The men. We study them. We feed them. We please them. We can make them feel strong or weak. We know them that well. We know their worst nightmares. And, with a bit of practice, that’s what we’ll become. Nightmares. One day, when we’re ready, we’re coming for you. Just wait.

Groveling is the sincerest form of manipulation.

Confidence, Loch. Okay, that’s how you get people to do what you want. Because most people don’t know what they want, and a lot of them… Here’s a little secret. They just wanna be used.

All men are weak. The ones who act beastly are weakest. They penetrate women and think that makes them powerful. Really, their pricks are fragile. Exposed. You saw it yourself. They want to be diapered, spanked, and breastfed, then strut away like they conquered an army. Nurture his weakness. Be his strength, and he’ll worship you.[to Akemi]

A person obsessed with vengeance is easy to manipulate.