Robert D Hare Quotes

#1. Thoughts come c.early while one walks.

Thomas Mann

#2. You don't always need friends. Sometimes it's enough to have a witness.

Thom Mark Shepard

#3. Science cannot progress without reliable and accurate measurement of what it is you are trying to study. The key is measurement, simple as that.

Robert D. Hare

#4. Psychopaths view any social exchange as a 'feeding opportunity,' a contest or a test of wills in which there can be only one winner. Their motives are to manipulate and take, ruthlessly and without remorse.

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#5. Everything in this world happens with a purpose. You are born in this world with a purpose, you are chosen by purpose.

Udai Yadla

#6. One must always ... tune out the negative voices of the world and make the strongest voice you hear your own! Go out and make a difference in Humanity! You Can Do It ... If You Really Want To!

Timothy Pina

#7. The first time I was in this state recruiting, that's when I knew I wanted to be a Gator, because I saw the influence and saw what it's all about. This goes a long time.

Jim McElwain

#8. People tend to think of psychopaths as criminals. In fact, the majority of psychopaths aren't criminal.

Robert D. Hare

#9. There are certainly more people in the business world who would score high in the psychopathic dimension than in the general population. You'll find them in any organization where, by the nature of one's position, you have power and control over other people and the opportunity to get something.

Robert D. Hare

#10. Language and words for psychopaths are only word deep; there is no emotional colouring behind it. A psychopath can use a word like, 'I love you' but it means nothing more to him than if he said, 'I'll have a cup of coffee.'

Robert D. Hare

#11. Dr. Robert Hare (author of Without Conscience: The Disturbing World Of The Psychopaths Among Us)

Mick Strawser

#12. Not all psychopaths are in prison - some are in the boardroom.

Robert D. Hare

#13. Many psychopaths describe the traditional treatment programmes as finishing schools where they hone their skills. Where they find out that there are lots of techniques they had not thought about before.

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#14. The most debilitating characteristic of even the most well-behaved psychopath is the inability to form a workable team.

Robert D. Hare

#15. Dr. Robert Hare, one of the foremost researchers on sociopathy, believes that a sociopath is four times more likely to be at the top of the corporate ladder than in the janitor's closet, due to the close match between the personality traits of sociopaths and the unusual demands of high-powered jobs.

M.E. Thomas

#16. Slow and steady wins the race. 'The hare and the tortoise

Robert Lloyd

#17. When it comes to girl bands, we're all rivals.

Jenny Frost

#18. What's that?"
"That's my attack poodle.

Ilona Andrews

#19. Measurement and categorization are, of course, fundamental to any scientific endeavor, but the implications of being able to identify psychopaths are as much practical as academic. To put it simply, if we can't spot them, we are doomed to be their victims, both as individuals and as a society.

Robert D. Hare

#20. In 1927, my father descended the heights and took his place as the newly appointed water boy for his beloved New York football Giants.

Jane Leavy

#21. I always said that if I wasn't studying psychopaths in prison, I'd do it at the stock exchange.

Robert D. Hare

#22. Psychopaths are social predators, and like all predators, they are looking for feeding grounds. Wherever you get power, prestige and money, you will find them.

Robert D. Hare

#23. All the reading in the world cannot immunize you from the devastating effects of psychopaths. Everyone, including the experts, can be taken in, conned, and left bewildered by them. A good psychopath can play a concerto on anyone's heart strings.

Robert D. Hare

#24. For most of us even the imagined threat of criticism functions to control our behavior. We are haunted to some degree by questions about our self-worth. As a consequence, we continually attempt to prove to ourselves and others that we are okay people, credible, trustworthy, and competent.

Robert D. Hare

#25. A psychopath can tell what you're thinking but what they don't do is feel what you feel. These are people without a conscience.

Robert D. Hare

#26. (aside) Oh, you are well tuned now,
But I'll set down the pegs that make this music,
As honest as I am.

William Shakespeare

#27. Above all, there was a belief in the revolution and the future, a feeling of having suddenly emerged into an era of equality and freedom.

George Orwell