Leverage Quotes

You're a lot of horrible things - untehical, sociopathic, evil even - but you're no idiot.

Feeling that one has some leverage upon something, even by proxy or association, makes one a great deal more interested in it.

It is much easier to put existing resources to better use, than to develop resources where they do not exist.

When we leverage, we aggregate and organize existing resources to achieve success.

When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.

When you lived on the wrong side of the law, information, however vague or apparently meaningless, was everything. It gave you leverage. And leverage was power.

That was Emma—she'd have enjoyed knowing she had something like that, something that could blow her whole fucking life and mine apart if it came out. Her little bit of power.

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

Suspense was an excellent tool for keeping powerful people off balance. It gave one bargaining power.

When you can't tell the truth, tell *a* truth.