Persons Quotes by Robert Greene

17 Persons quotes by Robert Greene

Robert Greene’s 17 maxims dissect the mechanics of influence and ambition. Each statement reads like a concise lesson in navigating social dynamics and personal strategy.

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I'm the kind of person that wants to analyze and I think having a background in, strangely enough, in like literature and…

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50 is a great person. I was a little intimidated when I met him for the first time in 2006. I didn't…

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When someone is not there all the time it gives us space to think about them. Your job in influence and persuasion…

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Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his…

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I don't want to promote paranoia. It's not like wow, everybody is after me. You know that's not going to be very…

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What will seduce a person is the effort we expend on their behalf, showing how much we care, how much they are…

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I really do think you shoot for that beautiful experience of showing your movie in a crowd or room full of people,…

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The big difference is, as a man, I can go to a bar at two in the morning and people will be…

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If you're in a subordinate position of some sort and pretty much all of us are at some point in our lives,…

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When it comes to fertility, there are so may things that have to go right. In any one individual, there might be…

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I've always been kind of a strategic thinking person - I love sports for instance, but my interest in sports is 'cause…

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The idea of social performance, that we're always performing identities, is something I got fairly obsessed with. I think it's probably because…

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When you have any kind of success in life, that's like the most dangerous moment that you're in because you're going to…

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If you are armed with knowledge, if you are aware that certain dynamics are at play then you have options. You can…

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If you're not careful people will judge you based on these appearances and they will pigeon hole you that this is the…

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Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to…

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One person reads the book, and cannot help telling a friend. That is vastly superior to any kind of advertisement, or clever…

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Evil or manipulative people don't need a book, they just do it anyway.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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If you change and adapt your persona, you are seen as inauthentic; if you stay the angry young man, you fade from attention or…

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Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your…

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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…

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