Top 9 Quotes by Robert D. Hare

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.

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.

Robert D. Hare

Opportunity, Views, Psychology

Robert D. Hare (2011). “Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us”, p.174, Guilford Press

Too many people hold the idea that psychopaths are essentially killers or convicts. The general public hasn't been educated to see beyond the social stereotypes to understand that psychopaths can be entrepreneurs, politicians, CEOs and other successful individuals who may never see the inside of a prison.

Robert D. Hare

Successful, Ideas, People

Psychopaths have a grandiose self-structure which demands a scornful and detached devaluation of others, in order to ward off their envy toward the good perceived in other people. 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. He will smile and deceive you, and he will scare you with his eyes. And when he is through with you, and he will be through with you, he will desert you and take with him your innocence and your pride.

Robert D. Hare

Eye, Pride, Self

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

Thinking, People, Political

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

Predator, Prestige, Social

"'Corporate psychopaths' at large" by Lisa Desai, edition.cnn.com. September 3, 2004.

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

Coffee, Love You, Mean

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

Robert D. Hare

Prison, Psychopath

"Bad bosses: The Psycho-path to Success?" by Kevin Voigt, www.cnn.com. January 20, 2012.

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.

Robert D. Hare

School, Skills, Technique

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

Self Worth, People, Criticism

Robert D. Hare (2011). “Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us”, p.99, Guilford Press