Quotes About Deception

But common sense is deceptive precisely because it is based on common experience.

Why? In the days of Jeremiah, God said, "I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone out into all the land" (Jeremiah 23:15 NKJV). The prophets of Jerusalem should have been decrying evil by giving out the pure water of the Word, but they were catering to the morally corrupt by giving out the poisoned water of false doctrines. Hence, God judged them. What

The danger in holding on to a myth is that it becomes like a religion we've stopped believing in. It no longer instructs us; it only stultifies is. And besides, what do we want with a myth that makes us into people we don't want to be?

Try to look unimportant. They may be low on ammo.

The basis of any scam is telling people what they want to hear. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

But we're all still KGB really. Old wine, new bottles.

You tell a lot of lies, Ms. Berenson," he said. Berenson said nothing. Neagley said, "She's Human Resources. It's what they do.

were under the very erroneous impression that we had money. Of

The Devil's favorite part of hell.

Three weapons firing. Long guns. All the same. Distinctive. Flat solid barks, and the crack of fast bullets in the air. NATO rounds out of M16s, if Reacher was a gambling man. All of them so far missing. Understandable. It was a deceptive shot. Two hundred yards, absolutely flat, eye to eye. Except it was absolutely curved, because it was part of a spherical planet. Hence the miscalculation.

Admit nothing, even on your deathbed. You might suddenly get better.

That's the easiest way to spot a hooker. Look for someone dressed like she's going to a ball, carrying a bag like she's going on vacation.

Only a fool would be dishonest about that could be disproved in a matter of seconds.

The fantastic cascade of bullshit coming down from senior officers with nothing better to do.

The existing social order is a swindle and its cherished beliefs mostly delusions.

The woman bent decorously at the knees and laid her briefcase and her stack of papers on the floor. Ratcliffe took a step forward and said, "You three were brought here under false pretenses, obviously. But we didn't want a lot of fanfare. A little misdirection was better. We want to avoid attention, if we can. At least at the beginning." And

The man with the jeans and the hair looked back at Westwood and said, "Mr. Torrance, I guess our first question would be whether you're wearing a wire.

Was it you with Merchenko?" "Admit nothing, even on your deathbed. You might suddenly get better.

4. Correr a ciegas (Running Blind)

17. Un hombre buscado (A Wanted Man)

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

I'm writing a book on magic", I explain, and I'm asked, "Real magic?" By real magic people mean miracles, thaumaturgical acts, and supernatural powers. "No", I answer: "Conjuring tricks, not real magic". Real magic, in other words, refers to the magic that is not real, while the magic that is real, that can actually be done, is not real magic.

People can act so nice, bringing you food and all, but in the end they are nothing but buzzards. Waiting to pick your bones.

Now courting's a pleasure, and parting is grief, but a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief!