“Psychopaths didn’t have to kill people, after all. The condition was marked by a sincere lack of empathy and an inability to… — V.J. Chambers Copy Share Image
A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Psychopaths view any social exchange as a ‘feeding opportunity,’ a contest or a test of wills in which there can be only… — Robert D. Hare Copy Share Image
“ 'If life is pain, one could say that killing is an act of compassion. I look forward to my own death,… — Amanda Steiger Copy Share Image
I always wonder about psychopaths, just because they have no empathy, does that necessarily mean they enjoy being cruel? Because we all… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
“As Robert Hare, the world’s leading expert on psychopathy has stated, psychopaths are “intra-species predators.” They have the “capacity to do great… — Joe Navarro Copy Share Image
Language and words for psychopaths are only word deep; there is no emotional colouring behind it. A psychopath can use a word… — Robert D. Hare Copy Share Image
I wondered if sometimes the difference between a psychopath in Broadmoor and a psychopath on Wall Street was the luck of being… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
The central trait of sociopathy is a complete lack of conscience, which is very difficult for most people to get their heads… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
Norman Mailer described the desire to be cool as a "decision to encourage the psychopath in oneself, to explore that domain of… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Sociopaths are not usually physically violent. A typical sociopath never kills anybody and doesn't look like Charles Manson - they look like… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
“Whereas most people automatically anticipate the consequences of their actions, automatically feel shame for unkind deeds, automatically understand why they should persist… — James Blair Copy Share Image
“Well, Samantha... you were introduced to this guy. It went downhill from there. That might make it justifiable homicide. From time to… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
If I'm guilty, I'm the ultimate figure to fear, because I'm not the obvious one. But, on the other hand, if I'm… — Amanda Knox Copy Share Image
“Everyone messes up every now and then, but psychopaths recite excuses more often than they actually follow through with promises. Their actions… — Peace Copy Share Image
“Most modern men want sex and can’t have it. They want success and never get it. They want money and never earn… — Barbie Wilde Copy Share Image
You are wise as well as short." "I can also break bricks with my bare hands." "That's a handy skill if you… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“That’s the psychopath: somebody who doesn’t understand what’s going on emotionally, but understands that something important has happened.” But” — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
A century and a half after its birth, the modern business corporation, an artificial person made in the image of a human… — Joel Bakan Copy Share Image
I sometimes find that playing the bad guy, or villains, or psychopaths tend to be much more psychologically rewarding. And you can… — Sean Bean Copy Share Image
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In regular circumstances, 60 percent of criminal psychopaths released into the outside world go on to re-offend. What percentage of their psychopaths… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
If I have a mission in life, it is to convince people that everyone is morally motivated - everyone except for psychopaths. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
A psychopath can tell what you're thinking but what they don't do is feel what you feel. These are people without a… — Robert D. Hare Copy Share Image
You're screening your calls?" "Why not? It saves me from conversations with idiots." "Is that an insult?" His voice dropped into a… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“So, yeah, the psychopath might cry when his dog dies and you think that’s misplaced because he doesn’t cry when his daughter… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“These sociopaths,' he said. 'What do they feel like? Inside?' Isabel smiled. 'Unmoved,' she said. 'They feel unmoved. Look at a cat… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I'm not actually a psychopath. I don't look evil. People don't normally want to put me in the same kind of things… — David Oakes Copy Share Image
“The psychopath is constantly provoking drama, rivalries, and competitions. What separates them from everyday drama queens is their ability to appear innocent… — Jackson MacKenzie Copy Share Image
“Marsh recounts an anecdote about a psychopath who was being tested with a series of pictures and who failed over and over… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens-second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
“These eight independent satellite states of the psychopathic personality--Machiavellian Egocentricity, Impulsive Nonconformity, Blame Externalization, Carefree Nonplanfulness, Fearlessness, Social Potency, Stress Immunity, and… — Kevin Dutton Copy Share Image
You take this cold, remarkable, difficult, dangerous, borderline psychopath man, and you wonder what might have happened to him had he not… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
At the end of our conversation she (Martha Stout) turned to address you, the reader. She said if you're beginning to feel… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“Many of the characteristics displayed by psychopaths…are closely associated with a profound lack of empathy (an inability to construct a mental and… — David Bagby Copy Share Image
Contrary to the romantic way in which our history is/has been portrayed, politicians are NOT 'men of good conscience.' In the real… — Edward Britton Copy Share Image
Writer George Orwell confessed he found something "deeply appealing" about Adolf Hitler. Where Martha Dodd was struck by Hitler's "weak, soft face,"… — Brad Marchand Copy Share Image
“Psychopaths are parasitic, emotionally stunted, and incapable of change. Once this individual is gone from your life, you will find that everything… — Jackson MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Sociopath is a word that has sort of become shorthand for psychopath and there's a distinct difference, it's interesting if you look… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
All of us have a bit of a sociopath inside of us, and it's wrong to think that somebody is just clearly… — Dan Gilroy Copy Share Image
