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Robert D. Hare Quotes

Total quotes: 16
“He will choose you, disarm you with his words, and control you with his presence. He will delight you with his wit and his plans. He will show you a good time, but you will always get the bill.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, Psychopathy, Lack of Empathy, Narcissistic Supply, The Mark of a Predator, The Price of Victimization
“Most criminals are not psychopaths, and many of the individuals who manage to operate on the shady side of the law and remain out of prison are psychopaths.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, Self-Control, Cold Rage, Emotional Control, Annotation Examples, Annotated Quotes
“Don't waste your sympathy on them; their problems are not in the same league as yours. Theirs stem primarily from not getting what they want, whereas yours result from a physical, emotional, or financial pounding.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, The Pity Ploy, Annotated Quotes, Annotation Examples
“Their aggressive displays are "cold"; they lack the intense emotional arousal experienced by others when they lose their temper.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, Self-Control, Cold Rage, Emotional Control, Annotation Examples, Annotated Quotes
“Their callousness typically emerges in less dramatic, though still devastating, ways: parasitically bleeding other people of their possessions, savings, and dignity; aggressively doing and taking what they want; shamefully neglecting the physical and emotional welfare of their families; engaging in an unending series of casual, impersonal and trivial sexual relationships; and so forth.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, Psychopathy, Lack of Empathy, Emotional Crimes, Range of Violence, Annotated Quotes, Annotation Examples
“Psychopaths, however, display a general lack of empathy. They are indifferent to the rights and suffering off family members and strangers alike. If they do maintain ties with their spouses or children it is only because they see their family members as possessions, much like their stereos or automobiles.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, Psychopathy, Lack of Empathy, Narcissistic Supply
“When caught in a lie or challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed - they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so that they appear to be consistent with the lie.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, Psychopathy, Pathological Lying, Deception, Annotated Quotes
“Lying, deceiving and manipulation are natural talents for psychopaths. With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves, psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility - or even by the certainty - of being found out.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, Psychopathy, Pathological Lying, Deception
“Psychopaths have an ongoing and excessive need for excitement - they long to live in the fast lane or "on the edge," where the action is. In many cases the action involves breaking the rules.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, The Need for Danger, Adrenaline Junkie, Desire for Chaos, Psychopathy
“Although psychopaths have a "hair trigger" and readily initiate aggressive displays, their ensuing behavior is not out of control. On the contrary, when psychopaths "blow their stack" it is as if they are having a temper tantrum; they know exactly what they are doing.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, Self-Control, Cold Rage, Emotional Control, Annotation Examples, Annotated Quotes
“Recognize that you are not alone. Most psychopaths have lots of victims. It is certain that a psychopath who is causing you grief is also causing grief to others.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, You Are Not Alone
“Everyone is vulnerable to the psychopath, and there is no shame in being victimized. This may be difficult to accept if you have just been conned and are too embarrassed to complain to the police or to testify in court. But you may be surprised by the number of other people in your community who have been taken in.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths
“Psychopaths often give the impression that it is they who are suffering and that it is the victims who are to blame for their misery. But they are suffering a lot less than you are, and for different reasons.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths, The Pity Ploy
“Not all psychopaths are in prison - some are in the boardroom.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Psychopaths, High Functioning Psychopaths
“As interaction with you proceeds, the psychopath carefully assesses your persona. Your persona gives the psychopath a picture of the traits and characteristics you value in yourself. Your persona may also reveal, to an astute observer, insecurities or weaknesses you wish to minimize or hide from view. As an ardent student of human behavior, the psychopath will then gently test the inner strengths and needs that are part of your private self.”
— Paul Babiak, Robert D. Hare, Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work
Tagged: Psychopaths, Corporate Psychopaths, mirroring, Love-bombing, Lovebombing, grooming, Predatory Behavior, The False Mask of a Narcissist, The Narcissist's Fabricated Self, The Narcissist's False Mask
“Psychopaths have little aptitude for experiencing the emotional responses – fear and anxiety – that are the mainsprings of conscience.”
— Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Tagged: Without Conscience, Lacking Empathy, Psychopaths, Psychopathy, Predatory Behavior, Lack of Emotions, Fear, Anxiety, Fearlessness, fearlessness as weapon, Quote of the Moment
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