Quotes About Deception

Si algo tenía el diablo, era tiempo.

We wuz robbed!

We was robbed!

Maybe it was better to just go on believing everything was OK, even when really bad things were just about to happen.

Because we are social animals, we not only lie for our own benefit, but we lie for the benefit of each other (Vrij, 2003, 3–11).

Research tells us liars tend to gesture less, touch less, and move their arms and legs less than honest people (Vrij, 2003, 65).

there is no single behavior that is indicative of deception—not one (Ekman, 1991, 162–189).

Because the neocortex (the thinking brain) is capable of dishonesty, it is not a good source of reliable or accurate information (Ost, 2006, 259

I can't stand a damn liar and have no respect for one. But an artful exaggerator always gets my full attention and my undying respect. —Nat Love

If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure.

If you knew it was there, why didn't you just take it before now?" "You would have noticed. You are a smart boy." A lie, and we both knew it.

The faithless husband poisons his family at the roots.

A lie can go around the world twice before the truth gets its socks on.

and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him,'" the voice replied.

Tar-baby ain't sayin' nuthin', en Brer Fox, he lay low.

Youk'n hide de fier, but w'at you gwine do wid de smoke?

At the time he seemed both ancient and French, but the wisdom that has come with age tells me he was thirty-two and faking the accent.

If you have a dream, just lie about it. Lie your way unto your dreams.

The religious upbringing that most people go through, and its association with Western religion, is all based on lies. At some point you either wake up and realise [that] they are lies, or you continue in a fog. I realised I had been lied to and wanted to know the truth.

If you will lie about the little things, before long you'll lie about bigger things.

Be wary of people who play up to your weaknesses as a way to convince you that you need them in your life. They'll try to make you think you're not smart enough on your own. You're not talented enough, and you need them to make up for what you're lacking. Don't believe those lies.

el pecado es el veneno que nos hace sentir cómodos con el mundo impío y con Satanás.

The Dajjal is sometimes said

I'm sick of happy bullshit that means nothing. Vacuous words for vacuous minds.