The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. More: You have ceded them… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
As social animals, we are extremely susceptible to the moods of other people. This gives us the power to subtly infuse into… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Many people have an intense feeling about what they're best at. Too often, they're driven away from it by other people. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
There's no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
All the most successful people nowadays who are truly successful and innovative in their field are not people motivated by money. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Few are drawn to the person whom others avoid and neglect; people gather around those who have already attracted interest. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Your ability to work with people directly affects your ability to get work done in the world. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
People want to feel united, they want to have that religious sense they want to feel like at a rave 10,000 people… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
A lot of, a big problems that people have nowadays is that they can't stand moments of no stimulation in their life… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Understand: people will constantly attack you in life. One of their main weapons will be to instill in you doubts about yourself… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I hate the way war is seen as something inherently brutal and ugly. Yes, much of war brings out the worst part… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I was a little worried that young people would think the only game was being political and manipulative when really the bigger… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
There are people that don't need to run towards adversity. They grew up in circumstances where it's forced upon them. Other people… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it is, the better it will be because… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
When it comes to fertility, there are so may things that have to go right. In any one individual, there might be… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual — the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoner of goodwill. If you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
When people are too present, too familiar or too in our face, something happens to us psychologically. We begin to tune them… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're in a subordinate position of some sort and pretty much all of us are at some point in our lives,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Ethics and power are separate. Ethics and morality. I think life would be miserable if there weren't some kind of code that… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You're always feeling powerless in life. If you're in an abusive relationship or working for what we call a psychotic boss sometimes… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Nobody is born without fear. We are all born into this world screaming and crying, a bloody mess. We're afraid of failing.… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The big difference is, as a man, I can go to a bar at two in the morning and people will be… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Obviously there's Netflix, iTunes, and Amazon and all these other outlets. Fake It So Real is now on Fandor, and I think… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Everybody in life is struggling for power, and some people use morality and righteousness as a weapon, while others use different means,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
As a writer you know you don't have to deal with a lot of the crap that most people deal with, the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Desire is both imitative (we like what others like) and competitive (we want to take away from others what they have). As… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Practically every profession has a really political environment. I think the world has become more competitive. There are so many people in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
A lot of the things that involve power on the highest levels sometimes involve the darker side of human psychology. People can… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're just letting the time pass at your job, it's just dead time and you'll never get it back. If at… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Most people are perpetually locked in the present. Their decisions are overly influenced by the most immediate event; they easily become emotional… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You can't disengage yourself from that game if you are completely unaware of what people out there might be doing, you're just… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
People who are reading my books, or who are thinking about it, have some general idea about the concept of strategy. They're… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
People have more freedom to bring more of their personal qualities into the role they play once they have established themselves and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I think what happened with Brandy [Burre]is what happens with a lot of people. You make these decisions for comfort and stability,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Most people are passive aggressive in this world. I have the idea that the human being is born with a kind of… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I have examples of people who find their way back later on in life, in their 30's, 40's, it can happen in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The whole concept of stage fright is fascinating. Actors get stage fright, but they wouldn't be on the stage in the first place if… — Robert Greene Copy Share
I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the time. — Robert Greene Copy Share
You are facing death and danger and competition, but at any moment, you can decide to have a fearless mindset. — Robert Greene Copy Share
Let me spell it out: with the psychotic boss, nothing you do is ever quite right. They set traps, asking you to do things,… — Robert Greene Copy Share
Everybody knows what they were kind of drawn towards or what they're gifted at and it's more of courage and looking at yourself and… — Robert Greene Copy Share
Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they… — Robert Greene Copy Share
I want to be able to write, that's my first love and I don't want to deviate from it even though I probably could… — Robert Greene Copy Share
It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome… — Robert Greene Copy Share
If you change and adapt your persona, you are seen as inauthentic; if you stay the angry young man, you fade from attention or… — Robert Greene Copy Share
Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your… — Robert Greene Copy Share
Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that… — Robert Greene Copy Share
What I like about the internet, what I see there is that its much more democratic. I have much more control, and if what… — Robert Greene Copy Share
“It is hard for us to imagine now, but our earliest human ancestors who ventured out onto the grasslands of East Africa some six… — Robert Greene Copy Share
“Let us call this quality the Original Mind. This mind looked at the world more directly—not through words and received ideas. It was flexible… — Robert Greene Copy Share
![“I hate the way war is seen as something inherently brutal and ugly. Yes, much of war brings out the worst part of our [people's] nature. But in war, all kinds of noble human traits have been developed, such as discipline, cohesion, pride.” quote by Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/robert-greene-498_all-kinds_i-hate-the-way-war-is-seen-as-something_432311.png)
![“I think what happened with Brandy [Burre]is what happens with a lot of people. You make these decisions for comfort and stability, and then eventually those same things that are comforting and stable end up putting walls around you that you didn't expect.” quote by Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/robert-greene-498_brandy_i-think-what-happened-with-brandy-burre_1630156.png)
