Quotes About Deception

The system has become corrupt. It's working backwards. It's not advancing the most worthy among us, the most virtuous, the hardest working, the most humble, the smartest, even the strongest, but the most devious, the best liars, the sociopaths and narcissists,

Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.

Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.

It sounded a bit like his mother, a woman who'd lied to him about the existence of Santa Claus and was therefore not to be trusted on matters of any importance.

A lifetime in the business had taught her that, apart from the few good people that work along-side you,nobody is to be trusted,ever,because sooner or later they'll let you down,sure as God made little green apples. And, when you came to think of it,hadn't that been the dirtiest trick of them all?

Soms is minder gewoonweg wat het is. Minder. En laat net mij gespogen en gescheten zijn, en onherstelbaar voorbestemd, en onherroepelijk verminkt, door een cultuur van 'Mag het iets meer zijn, madam'. En zelfs los daarvan, in alle eerlijkheid: 'minder' is een leugen. 'Minder' is een laffe constructie, gemakzuchtig bedrog, minimalistische kitsch.

I'm saying she looks fine on the outside, but inside is somebody who's going to need a man a lot more than he's going to need her.

Burke is as small as a white lie and looks as if he might be carried off under the arm of a hefty woman at any second. He feels it too, and smiles cruelly.

matter of form, rather than substance.

Eva Wilt got to her feet and stood with the rain running down her face and as she stood there the illusions that had sustained her through the week disappeared. She saw herself as a fat, silly woman who had left her husband in pursuit of a glamour that was false and shoddy and founded on brittle talk and money.

Estaba asombrado de que le hubiera resultado tan fácil. Lo único que tenía que hacer era decirle a la gente lo que la gente quería oír, y te creían, por muy absurda que pudiera ser la historia que les explicaras. Y tres días y tres noches sin dormir habían aletargado los recelos y la capacidad de escepticismo del inspector Flint.

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.

The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.

i never told the truth so i can never tell a lie...

There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.

I'm the type of guy who'd sell you a rat's asshole for a wedding ring.

Never trust a scarecrow wearin' shades after dark.

The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away.

Compliments make you weak because they can trick you into thinking you've finished your journey when the heels of your boots aren't even worn down yet. Praise is a song to the ears but an enemy of improvement.

42.9% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

All religions are a scam . . . except for yours of course.

Cheating happens in the blink of an eye and then the cheater says, "I never blinked!"

Fools are easily fooled.

Liars believe their own lies.