Quotes About Deception

Perhaps the god who had made the Cat People intended them as a joke. They had schools, but no education; politicians but no government; people, but no personal integrity; faces, but no concept of face. One had to admit that their god had gone a little too far with his little joke.

Wag the Dog became an international byword for fake wars staged to distract from domestic political problems. Without a doubt, it raised the level of cynicism, which is to say it raised the level of awareness that real events are directed and staged for their political impact.

You'd be surprised how many divorces start with "I smelled the bitch on him.

I live in Hollywood where truth is a speech defect.

Sin has corrupted not only what we do, but also how we think, what goals we set, and how we feel about ourselves and others. Merely changing what we do will not change who we are. The cure for the selfishness and fear that control so much of what we do cannot be reduced to shallow solutions; we need to learn how our minds deceive us.

Ever since he was a little boy, he had always tried to make things sound better than they actually were.

They didn't understand that he talked of pleasant things and faraway places just to create a happy prospect that they could look forward to for a while. It wasn't meant to really happen, and yet women never seemed to grasp that; he had been in ticklish spots several times as their disappointment turned to anger.

He was still the captain, but no one had seemed to notice that there was no troop and no war.

and it occured to me then and forever afterwards, that films, theatre books and poems were just a fraud. It's only music that doesn't deceive, it doesn't pretend to be anything else except what it is. Music.

What's the hard part?" "Owen's not who you think he is," he says.

He lowers his window. "With which part, what?" "Can you help?" "The easy part," he says. "Getting through this." "What's the hard part?" "Owen's not who you think he is," he says. Then Grady Bradford is gone.

She looked away from him. This was one reason she didn't date cops. They lied far too easily.

He leaned closer. "Don't lie to me, Caramia. I don't like it.

Abruptly, she let go of his wrists and allowed him to push her to her knees. She looked up, waited for his smile. And then she punched him in the nuts.

she was lying about herself to find out the truth about herself.

Right now,tucked into the booth,Gray Donohue whispered into the ear of the redhead on his right,while his hand slipped under the table and under the skirt of the female to his left.As he whispered,the redhead lifted her heavy lids,turned her gaze to whereever Gray´s hand had landed,and grinned.Marina whirled back to the bar and drained her beerto the very last bit of foam.He was the best assignment she´d ever had.Or he would be,if she could just get him to notice her.

spoke through her teeth, another skill

Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies.

Hope is a lying bitch.

Not knowing a thing is not ignorance. Feigning knowledge you don't have can be--Sholto

It would be nice if you'd stop almost killing me because you don't want to screw other peo­ple.

That's what you get for telling the truth. Someone calls you a liar. Most people will accept a likely lie to an unlikely truth. In fact, they prefer it.

I told her why we are here. I told you wouldn't hurt Jack. The coffin? I smiled. I couldn't help it. He was a 'jack in a box.

I am always sincere, ma petite, even when I lie. - Jean Claude