Best Spin Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Society cannot function if it is every man for himself. By definition, civilization cannot survive that. Those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one.”

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Book:The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

Source: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

“As the campaign progressed, Armistead remembered what his parents had taught him: If you never tell a lie, you won't have to remember what you said. He subsequently developed a perverse respect for politicians who had mastered the art of spin. It was a skill to produce an answer having nothing to do with the question. He didn't think he was crafty enough to do it.”

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Book:Powers Not Delegated

Source: Powers Not Delegated

“Anyone can spin a victory, it's a total loss that demands creativity”

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Book:And That’s Why I’m Single

Source: And That’s Why I’m Single

“Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.”

“He cast a few unpleasant remarks in my direction; he insisted that I didn't know what I was talking about and maintained that it was in fact essential to conceal what could be concealed; indeed, an inspired lie could be preferred to a malignant truth.”

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Book:Termush

Source: Termush

“You cannot spew a tangled web of lies, negativity, and division without having those very things turn on your own soul. Therefore, let us remember that the most wounded among us are often those who have done the most wounding.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“A specialty among public relations consultants has evolved in recent decades called "risk communication." I don't much care for the term. It implies managing the truth. You don't manage the truth. You tell the truth.”

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Book:The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

Source: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

“Truth is hard, propaganda is cheap.”

“How often have I painted a splendid picture of a journey marked by courageous ascents and daring desert crossings when all along all I’ve really been doing is running?”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“You don't manage the truth. You tell the truth.”

Truth Politics Lies Spin Risk Communications

Book:The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

Source: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

“There are no facts anymore, kiddo. only good or bad fiction.”

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Author:William Shatner

“To my mind the defining characteristic of our era is spin, everything tailored to vanishing point by market research, brands and bands manufactured to precise specifications; we are so used to things transmuting into whatever we would like them to be that it comes as a profound outrage to encounter death, stubbornly unspinnable, only and immutably itself.”

Death Spin

Book:In the Woods

Source: In the Woods

“There is nothing as pitiful as a politician who is deficient in relaying untruths.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“But doesn't add something to what has come before; but takes something away. At its most daring, it can feel like a Bat Turn, a 180-degree spin int the Batmobile. Make that a But Turn.”

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Book:The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

Source: The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

“The ability to represent failure as success would become an Agency tradition.”

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Book:Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

Source: Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

“The road had detours, stop signs, missed turns, hills and valleys, deep, deep tangled forests, ruts and potholes, icy patches, and spin-outs along the way.”

“Questioning the morals, motives, and actions of a nation-state is not an expression of hatred for it or its predominant religion.”

Propaganda Misinformation Disinformation Human Rights Violations Human Rights Abuse Spin Questioning Religion Nation State Nation States

Author:Stewart Stafford

“It doesn't matter if justice is on your side. You have to depict your position as just.”

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Author:Benjamin Netanyahu

“Spins Back!”

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Author:Anthony T. Hincks

“Life is a circle. It spins you around.”

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Book:The New Land

Source: The New Land

“If I look closely, I can almost see myself floating in my mother's palm. Yet, when I shut my eyes, I find a different image of my mother releasing me as we dance in the storm and twirl in separate circles that cause the water to ripple from us in widening rings which merge in one ebbing bracelet of waves where the borders of the quarry meet the water, far from the center where my mother and I continue to spin our bodies in the radiant sheen of lightning.”

Mother Water Lightning Floating Mothers And Daughters Quarry Spin Twirl Dance In The Storm Mother S Palm

Book:Floating in My Mother's Palm

Source: Floating in My Mother's Palm

“Me embalo em redes de spin irradiando surtos de raios gama.”

Spin Irradiar Rede Surto Embalar Raio Raio Game Rede De Spin Surto De Raio Gama

Book:Caro Jovem Adulto

Source: Caro Jovem Adulto

“Tomo banho em espumas de spin sob gigantes azuis.”

Spin Tomar Espuma Banho Gigante Espuma De Spin Gigante Azul

Book:Caro Jovem Adulto

Source: Caro Jovem Adulto

“You can’t judge a book by its cover because a book is judged by its spine. Same goes for leaders.”

Book Reader Leaders Judge Cover Spin Judge A Book By Cover Leadership Author

Author:Richie Norton

“Spinning a dance of time.”

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Author:Jazz Feylynn

“From the smallest atom of your being, to the beautiful moon spinning around the Earth, to the largest galaxy of the cosmos, they’re all dancing to the harmonious music of the universe.”

Earth Beautiful Universe Music Moon Harmony Dance Cosmos Galaxy Spin

Author:Jim Borna

“Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress.”