Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all.
Politics may come and go, but Greed goes on forever.
Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.
The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.
Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.
He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe.