Manipulation Quotes

248 quotes by 222 authors

The 'medical examination' to which abductees are said to be subjected, often accompanied by sadistic sexual manipulation, is reminiscient of the medieval tales of encounters… — Jacques Vallee
Legal ethics is a misnomer ... lawyers conducting themselves legally are not necessarily conducting themselves morally ."...and ..."The zero sum nature of the legal system,… — Thane Rosenbaum
Media manipulation in the U.S. today is more efficient than it was in Nazi Germany, because here we have the pretense that we are getting… — Mark Crispin Miller
Geoengineering - the deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the earth's climate to offset global warming - is a nightmare fix for climate change. — Jeff Goodell
It has been my experience that competency in mathematics, both in numerical manipulations and in understanding its conceptual foundations, enhances a person's ability to handle… — Alan Greenspan
Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse to the silent treatment, domination… — Beverly Engel
For example, in painting the form arises from abstract elements of line and color, while in cinema the material concreteness of the image within the… — Sergei Eisenstein
So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among… — June Jordan
As we discern a fine line between crank and genius, so also (and unfortunately) we must acknowledge an equally graded trajectory from crank to demagogue.… — Stephen Jay Gould
Science is now the craft of the manipulation, substitution and deflection of the forces of nature. What I see coming is a gigantic slaughterhouse, an… — Erwin Chargaff
The manipulation of statistical formulas is no substitute for knowing what one is doing. — Hubert M. Blalock
Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on… — Marshall McLuhan
Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that. — Jasper Johns
Too often we are Christians by assumption, manipulation or instruction, rather than Christians by regeneration. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all. — Vernor Vinge
The most characteristic concern of rhetoric [is] the manipulation of men's beliefs for political ends....the basic function of rhetoric [is] the use of words by… — Kenneth Burke
Eating a RAW food lifestyle is the purest and best way to live. Many of the strongest and longest living animals are raw, such as… — Eric Nies
Fairness means not to use fraud and trickery in the exchange of commodities and services and the exchange of feelings...Exploitation and manipulation produce boredom and… — Erich Fromm
One of the methods of manipulation is to inoculate individuals with the bourgeois appetite for personal success. — Paulo Freire
Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths. — Eddie Adams

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