Quotes About Deception

There are parodies of non-existent things.

Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!

Sometimes the truth hurts because it uncovers the lies people are living

Setting the remains of a freshly erupted volcano, I walk.

Substance is like tree and smartness its shadow. The smartness is what we think it is and the substance is the real thing!

Not every smile is genuine some are just the bared fangs of wolves about to eat you - rjs

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.

Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

Wherever there is power, there is age. Don't be deceived by dimples and curls. I tell you that babe is a thousand years old.

For as long as I care to remember, religion, like the striptease, has always been a display of the power of suggestion. Like the Virgin Birth, it has all too often supported an immaculate deception.

The system shaves the dice on the side of those with money and power, and anyone who believes otherwise deserves anything that happens to him.

The problem with addicted people, communities, corporations, or countries is that they tend to lie, cheat, or steal to get their 'fix.' Corporations are addicted to profit and governments to power.

Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.

Great is the power of steady misrepresentation

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.

Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak.

As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.

Deception is a developed art of civilization and the most potent weapon in the game of power

The descent to hell is easy and those who begin by worshipping power, soon worship evil.

To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

Men seldom rise from low condition to high rank without employing either force or fraud, unless that rank should be attained either by gift or inheritance.

This blue one's a smart'un. See how he puffs out his gut so you won't cinch him tight? And then the saddle falls off later and you with it." Cloyd laughed. "Better not let him hear you . . ." "He thinks he's fooled us," Walter whispered. He turned away as if he was done, then winked and quickly cinched in a few more notches. "I wasn't born yesterday," he said.

I guess truth can hurt you worse in an election than about anything that can happen to you.