Personality traits Quote by M.E. Thomas

The central trait of sociopathy is a complete lack of conscience, which is very difficult for most people to get their heads around, because…

— Martha Stout

“The high incidence of sociopathy in human society has a profound effect on the rest of us who must live on this planet, too,…

— Andrzej Lobaczewski

“sociopaths are perfect for all the dirty work that no one else has the stomach for, such as firing and downsizing.”

— M.E. Thomas

“while psychopathy is said to be caused primarily by genetic factors, sociopathy is said to be the result of psycho-social and environmental ones.”

— T. Rivers, Clarence

There's a certain type of sociopathy to many schemers.

— Mitchell Zuckoff

“A sociopath is one who sees others as impersonal objects to be manipulated to fulfill their own narcissistic needs without any regard for the…

— R. Alan Woods

Sociopathy is the inability to process emotional experience, including love and caring, except when such experience can be calculated as a coldly intellectual task.

— Martha Stout

“I believe that a lot of the sociopath’s traits such as charm, manipulation, lying, promiscuity, chameleonism, mask wearing, and lack of empathy are largely…

— M.E. Thomas

“Sociopaths, or what psychiatrists call antisocial personalities, have lifelong patterns of deceitfulness for personal gain. They lack remorse and empathy and are wizards at…

— Gary Small

Very gifted people may be sociopathic in varying degrees.

— Camille Paglia

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 manipulating, when…

— Walter Kirn

A sociopath is just a label and doesn't encompass the entire being of a person.

— Dan Gilroy