Quotes About Deception

Three weeks ago a man who had called himself Lee H. Oswald had rented Box 6225.

There was word that a Secret Service man and a Dallas policeman were dead—so the plot must be widespread.

The law lied when it said he had declined the services of a lawyer.

You backbiting, poisonous, treacherous, deceitful, wicked, clever girl. If this works I'll buy you a pony.

You backbiting, poisonous, treacherous, deceitful, wicked, clever girl. If this works I'll buy you a pony.

The biggest liar in the world is They Say,'" I muttered. "Douglas Malloch.

When we have the habit of setting as a goal only activity that we can accomplish and that is genuinely productive, we've taken the first step to getting some real work done. Rather than succeeding or not succeeding almost by accident in the service of some goal that's really beyond our control, we've taken the first step to taking responsibility for our actions and to end what is, really, self-deception (and probably companywide deception).

Largely incomprehensible: Madoff's staff of high school–educated clerks facilitated the Ponzi scheme for 40 years without a single one ever realizing it was a Ponzi scheme.

Why are the ones who are too good to be true always being true to someone else?

Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.

El placer estriba en que te engañen sin ser capaz de descubrir cómo lo hicieron.

It is better to rely on one's self alone. In my cat-life, all our training is founded on suspicion. I can see that it is just the same in the life of men. Those who confide in others are only betrayed. It is better to keep silent and to be treacherous one's self.

Hegelian dialectic, or problem, reaction, solution. This method basically involves fabricating or intensify a problem, offering a draconian solution, then settling for a "compromise" that nevertheless furthers the intended goal.

We are tampered with, our opinions manufactured for us, all without our permission. What was the purpose of these behavior modifications? It was to bring about forced changes to our way of life, without our agreement and without even being aware of what was taking place.

The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.

Golf is the cruelest of sports. Like life, it's unfair. It's a harlot. A trollop. It leads you on. It never lives up to its promises.... It's a boulevard of broken dreams. It plays with men. And runs off with the butcher.

The Illusion Model

Beware of all politicians everywhere. They excelled at recess when they were in school but have excelled at little since.

There is nothing more bitter than an opportunist who miscalculates.

There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I've used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem.

I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.

What smells good in the store may stink in the stewpot.

There is only one plot—things are not what they seem.

When you hear people tell you all the truth of the gospel, it does not necessarily mean that is what they are trusting.