In Western culture, particularly North America, a lot of rules are descriptors for sociopathy: a general acceptance of lying as long as… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
The sociopath wants the person to be easily enough fooled to stick with him. This can be accomplished by looking for someone… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
There are problems with nursing - such as the issue of nurses all having to do degrees these days. But that doesn't… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
“I think it’s safe to say that I’ll have a hard time even being in the same room as you … I’m… — J.A. Redmerski Copy Share Image
A decent government with an effective, but not gratuitously violent, police force and a fair court system are essential. This deters and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Sociopaths are more complicated psychopaths; the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath is a sociopath is incredibly charming. There are a… — Patrick Heusinger Copy Share Image
“Playing the victim role: Manipulator portrays him- or herself as a victim of circumstance or of someone else's behavior in order to… — George K. Simon Jr Copy Share Image
“Psychopaths are shadowmancers', the agent tells me, a large-scale map of the US dotted with timelines, hotspots and murderous crimson trajectories plastered… — Kevin Dutton Copy Share Image
“However misguided, the asshole is morally motivated. He is fundamentally different from the psychopath, who either lacks or fails to engage moral… — Aaron James Copy Share Image
The perfect victim, from the sociopath's point of view, is the person who is smart enough and capable enough to do him… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
Once we ask why it should be that all human beings - including infants, the intellectually disabled, criminal psychopaths, Hitler, Stalin, and… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Usually sociopaths will look down upon us for that very reason - that we're gullible. We're weak. One person told me that… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
“Dr. Robert Hare, one of the foremost researchers on sociopathy, believes that a sociopath is four times more likely to be at… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
I was always putting on shows for my family or even just myself in the mirror, being a total psychopath, just screaming… — Italia Ricci Copy Share Image
“During the relationship, you probably found yourself disliking and resenting people you’d never even met. Could that have anything to do with… — Jackson MacKenzie Copy Share Image
“Traits that are common among psychopathic serial killers--a grandiose sense of self-worth, persuasiveness, superficial charm, ruthlessness, lack of remorse, and the manipulation… — Kevin Dutton Copy Share Image
I sat around in a hotel room in London for about a month, locked myself away, formed a little diary and experimented… — Heath Ledger Copy Share Image