70+ Manipulative People Quotes Who Manipulate in Relationship
Manipulative People Quotes
“Allergic to manipulative people.”
“Life is too short to let stupid people manipulate you.”
“I’m manipulating the audience. I’m making sure people sympathize.” —Melinda Clarke
“The only way to win with a toxic person, is not to play.”
“If you don’t give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.” —Pele
“Characterize people by their actions and you will never be fooled by their words.”
“I have no interest in trying to manipulate people’s emotions or opinions.” —Sarah Kane
“Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.” —Neil Labute
“The hard thing is, you try to help them but still you’re the bad one.”
“True love is built on free will and free choice, not control and manipulation.” —Ken Poirot
“You give them taste of their own medicine, then they will tell everyone that you poisoned them.”
“The best way to manipulate a man is to make him think he is manipulating you.” —John Smith
“I’m not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people’s imaginations.” —J. J. Abrams
“What I found personally to be true was that it’s easier to manipulate people rather than technology.” —Kevin Mitnick
“Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They’re looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are.” —Joseph Wambaugh
“I hate manipulative people. Just cause I don’t say anything doesn’t mean I don’t see it for what it is”.
The showbiz world has to be manipulated to make it more interesting because most people’s lives are boring.” —James Blunt
“Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished when manipulated by people with agendas.” —Chris Crutcher
Manipulation is application of intelligence on people to achieve a pre-meditated outcome solely benefitting the former than latter.” —Ramana Pemmaraju
“Don’t be fooled, people who create drama, and then portray themselves as the victim are playing games. They are manipulating you.”
“Music moves society more than most people realize. In my opinion, it’s a soft manipulator of influence and change.” —Kim Harrison
“Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.” —Chevy Chase
Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.” —John C. Maxwell
People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture, so why on earth wouldn’t I?” ―Paul Watson
“When you’re an actress, you become this thing in people’s hands that people are trying to manipulate. I cannot stand it.” —Julie Delpy
I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn’t forgive others.” —Lauryn Hill
Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you’re manipulating objects, not people. And that’s always appealed to me.” —Penn Jillette
Giving in to a controlling person might feel like, keeping the peace for the moment, but it’s actually starting a very toxic pattern.” —Shannon Thomas
“With me, personal relationships are like my religion. I care that deeply about them. I am the complete opposite of a manipulative smoothie.” —Charles Grodin
“Sometimes you have to let go just to hold on to your sanity. There are people that have mastered making you believe you’re the crazy one.”
“Stay away from people who can’t take responsibilities for their actions and who make you feel bad for being angry at them when they do you wrong.”
“Controllers, abusers, and manipulative people don’t question themselves. They don’t ask themselves if the problem is them. They always say the problem is someone else.” —Darlene Ouimet
“I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.” —Peter Jennings
“If there is someone in your life you cannot speak truth to or are afraid to confront, examine the ways in which this person is manipulating or controlling you.”
“I’ve seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn’t stink. But if you’re empty and manipulative on stage, it’s clear.” —D. B. Sweeney
“Manipulative people do not understand the concept of boundaries. They are relentless in their pursuit of what they want and they have no regard for who gets hurt along the way.”
“A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.” —Anita Brookner
“It’s a great tragedy that the ability to act is used to manipulate people, but it is a greater tragedy that people welcome it while sometimes making a phony protest.” —Eugene J. Martin
“Management is the set of skills that can help get things done. Unfortunately, its practice is too often a bag of manipulative tricks to advance someone’s own interests, which creates cynicism.” —Frances Hesselbein
Some people are truly great manipulators. They can lie, cheat, treat you badly and somehow manage to make is all seem like your fault. Don’t fall for it that is just what they do.”
“It’s so easy to manipulate an audience, but it’s nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically attuned are aware of cynical manipulation in film.” —John Boorman
“Love comes when manipulation stops, when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.” —Joyce Brothers
“The Flock have come a long way in their acceptance of this, and when a professional refused to deal with them in a straightforward manner and, in fact, manipulated and deceived them in return-they rebelled fiercely but self-protectively.” —Joan Frances Casey
“When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how others see you. The misinformation will feel unfair, but stay above it, trusting that other person will eventually see the truth, just like you did.” —Jill Blakeway
“Manipulative people play on our sensibilities, emotional sensitivity, and especially, our conscientiousness. And sometimes they speak and act with such conviction, that we begin to believe them. We can even start feeling responsible in some way for what we perceive to be there pain.”
“There are those whose primary ability is to spin wheels of manipulation. It is their second skin and without these spinning wheels, they simply do not know how to function. They are like toys on wheels of manipulation and control. If you remove one of the wheels, they’ll never be able to feel secure, be whole.” —C. JoyBell
“Manipulator uses sarcasm and put-downs to increase fear and self-doubt in the victim. Manipulators use this tactic to make others feel unworthy and therefore defer to them. Shaming tactics can be very subtle such as a fierce look or glance, unpleasant tone of voice, rhetorical comments, and subtle sarcasm. Manipulators can make one feel ashamed for even daring to challenge them. It is an effective way to foster a sense of inadequacy in the victim.” —Dr. George Simon
Famous Manipulative People Quotes and Sayings
“Men are used as they use others.” —Bidpai
“Whoever controls the money controls you.” —Sharon Law Tucker
“Are you trying to manipulate me? It’s working.” —Bridget Moynahan
“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
“Any kind of manipulation with human embryos should be prohibited.” —Ian Wilmut
“It’s amazing how much manipulation is going on in parasites.” —Jacob Koella
“The art of pleasing is the art of deception.” —Luc De Clapiers
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” —Greek Proverb
“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.” —Niccolo Machiavelli
“One man with a gun can control 100 without one.” —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
“Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters.” —Raymond Aron
“Manipulation can give you anything in life you want, if you can afford it.” —M.F. Moonzajer
“One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“As I have said a thousand times, no manipulation can put stocks down and keep them down.”
“Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“One should be able to control and manipulate experiences with an informed and intelligent mind.” —Sylvia Plath
“Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it’s also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.” —Monica Raymund
“One of the methods of manipulation is to inoculate individuals with the bourgeois appetite for personal success.” —Paulo Freire
“When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.” —George R.R. Martin
“All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so much.” —Colm Toibin
“Manipulation, fueled with good intent, can be a blessing. But when used wickedly, it is the beginning of a magician’s karmic calamity.” —T.F. Hodge
“If you want to know the outcome of a game before the game has even started, you need to control each side.” —David Icke
“Manipulating people is what’s so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone’s eyes and lie – and it’s perfectly acceptable.” —Cheryl Hines
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.”
“When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.” —Michael Ende