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Quotes About Deception

It's been my experience that people who make proclamations about themselves are usually the opposite of what they claim to be.
~ Chelsea Handler
over 85% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
~ David Mitchell
Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is.
~ Yogi Berra
It is a very dangerous thing to know one's friends.
~ Oscar Wilde
I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.
~ Jane Austen, Persuasion
It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends.
~ Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith
Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.
~ James Patterson
All of our lives are governed by a certain degree of faith in bullshit.
~ Dan Simmons, Carrion Comfort
He said that he was sure you would be amendable to this course of action." April paused, eyes widening, before she said indignantly, "I believe he may have lied to me!
~ Seanan McGuire, Ashes of Honor
I see you brought along your violent little girlfriend. What a nice surprise!" - Saint Dane (The Reality Bug)
~ D.J. MacHale
His sense of humor is purely cheap vaudeville, yet everyone falls for it.
~ Lisa Lutz
To the man on crutches, dressed in camouflage, who stole my wallet ... you can hide but you can't run.
~ Milton Jones
I could think of no better place to secretly murder someone than inside a fridge. Well, actually there were probably several better ones, but none came to mind at the time.
~ Yahtzee Croshaw, Jam
Assassins: they got sass and live on sin.
~ Natalya Vorobyova
Because seeing someone's heart ripped out, presumably for the first time, is something a person should accept naturally, like finding out there's no Santa Clause.
~ Katrina Monroe, Reaper
You know you're dealing with a numpty when her saving grace is that she didn't help to cover up a murder.
~ Rosen Trevithick
What time is it?""One o'clock."I nearly spit out some soda. "In theafternoon?""No. In the morning. Don't let that damnsunlight fool you. It lies.
~ Glenn Bullion, Demonspawn
Fool me once, shame on youfool me twice, shame on mefool me thrice, I'm gonna get the frying pan!
~ Anthony Liccione
Those guards are going to be all sorts of pissed when they find out they've been following a bunny rabbit.
~ H.M. Ward, Catalyst
So what did you do, drug me, stuff me in the trunk, then dump me like a sacrificial offering into that vampire's coffin? - Shella
~ Krista Alasti, Taming Shadows
We keep electing council members for appearance sake, it doesn't mean anything, and it is just a show for the people, so that they may sleep well at night with their delusion of peace.
~ S.R. Gibbs, The Inner Kingdom
There's a saying, " Aeneas said: "Keep an eye on Greeks when they offer gifts." He spoke wryly. "Horses, particularly.
~ Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavinia
He's more how Satan would look if he needed to seduce you into drowning a baby.
~ Eve Dangerfield, Locked Box