Manipulative Quotes

Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.

Maniacal self-promoter …. Makes Machiavelli look like a simple, straightforward kinda guy.

[President John F.] Kennedy must be a strange character—obstinate, sensitive, ruthless and highly sexed.

No human beings, black, yellow, or white could be quite as untruthful, as insincere, as arrogant—in short, as untrustworthy in every way—as the Russians.

... immoral, evil and a demagogue.

Artemis Entreri: Do not underestimate Jarlaxle. Many have; they all are dead.

I think there are people, and I do not mean this to be disparaging, there are people like Jay Mohr and Jeremy Piven where they just give you that vibe, 'This guy's going to play someone a little venal.'

… a brilliant but dangerous megalomaniac who is likely to pursue his own aims in disregard of U.S. interests

Shredder is about as evil as it gets. He is a man fueled by jealousy and rage. At the same time, he doesn't micromanage, so his gang is free to do what they want.

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather.

I saw him turn his charm on and off, like water from the tap at the kitchen sink. He said nothing of substance. He seemed to me essentially an actor.

The passive aggressive arguer comes armed with tricky tactics. They cannot take the risk that they might be wrong: their self-esteem is too intertwined with their opinions. It is more important to affirm their rightness, and sense of superiority, than to arrive at the truth.

This man [Aaron Burr] has no principles, public or private. As a politician, his sole spring of action is an inordinate ambition.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

I love Robin Wright's character in 'House of Cards' because she's a bona fide villain. She's a not-nice person in a believable way; you can see her working in the world.

I always think of the Joker as the ultimate bully. Nothing he says is funny except to him.

Madonna's like a black widow spider. She tends to use people, then they shrivel up and disappear.

Donald Trump I wouldn't trust as far as I could throw him.

My father was a good man, but he was a con man. He was a wanderer, nomadic.

A man of irregular and insatiable ambition ...who ought not be trusted with the reins of government

He [Henry Clay] is a bad man, an impostor, a creator of wicked schemes.

[Lyndon Johnson was] the epitome of the unprincipled politician.

My uncles were all funny. My dad wasn't funny, but my uncles were all funny. Now I go back and I like him better than them, they were manipulative funny.

A pathological finagler.