The Age of Manipulation Quotes

“Instead of worrying vainly about being liked, loved, or respected, individuals should concern themselves with what others expect of them. Expectations rule the future of relationships.”
― Wilson Bryan Key, The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, The Sin in Sincere

“The search for truth should never cease, especially when someone perceives he or she has found it.”
― Wilson Bryan Key, The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, The Sin in Sincere

“The reality, known, researched, and manipulated by the merchandising media, is perceptually complex. Simplistic seeing and getting are perceptual constructs custom-manufactured only for overprotected, nongrowth-oriented children, highly vulnerable to manipulation, who eventually become the adult victims in a media-dominated society. …They are usually fantasy-defined by media as the "in-crowd." Their reality is usually that of the losers, the used, the persuaded, the patsies, the appropriated.”
― Wilson Bryan Key, The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, The Sin in Sincere

“The study of competition and critics is the first rule of survival.”
― Wilson Bryan Key, The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, The Sin in Sincere