Philip Roth Quotes

If you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it.

I've never had a good line. Well, maybe 'I must break you'.

You shouldn’t act as a spokesperson for someone who’s trying to impose his will on you.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.

I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to.

I'm not used to saying no to this man on any level.

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power.

It's time to discuss what it's going to take to get you beneath me"-GC

COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.

She might not know what your routine is, but I do,” I said softly. “So put the lantern down. You’re not burning me yet, and we both know it.” “What’s she saying?” Sarah demanded, hobbling over. His white brows drew together, and I allowed a little smile to play on my lips. “Awfully bossy with you, isn’t she? Then again, it makes sense. She’s got the pants on, and you’re the one in the dress.

Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.

Force rules the world-not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force.

A lot of people refer to power as shooting a loaded gun. When you have to shoot the gun, you've lost the power. Other people's knowledge of your gun should be enough.

Most power is power to coerce somebody. We don't have the power to coerce anybody.

They use force, to make you do, what the deciders, have decided you must do.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

When you're interviewing someone, you're in control. When you're being interviewed, you think you're in control, but you're not.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

I don't know that Donald Trump really cares about what the outcome is, as long as he's in charge of it. Seeing whom he can steer in which direction and how far he can push them.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.