Quotes About Deception

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

Hollywood has nothing to do with real life.

He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.

So much of life was the peeling away of illusions.

The aliens are using us, the argument goes, for their own purposes, replenishing their genetic stock at our expense after some sort of holocaust on their own planet. If they make us feel that there is something worthwhile about the whole process, this is the result of deception. I would not say that the aliens never resort to deception to hide their purposes, but the above argument is, in my view, too narrow or linear an interpretation.

As I've gotten older, I have taught myself to act "normal." I can do it well enough to fool the average person for a whole evening, maybe longer. But it all falls apart if I hear something that elicits a strong emotional reaction from me that is different from what people expect. In an instant, in their eyes, I turn into the sociopathic killer I was believed to be forty years ago.

I had created a fantasy that seeing into people would be sweetness and love. Maybe there was some of that, but there was a lot more fear, and jealousy, and anger, and every bad thing I could imagine.

We never, ever believe the truth until it's too late.

Listen to him long enough," Judith said, "and he can make you believe the polar cap is made of vanilla ice cream.

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as truth.

The celestial hypothesis is sheer propaganda formulated by the haves to delude the havenots.

It is the persistent delusion of an hoodwinked mankind.

In the time she had been with him, she had never before heard him snore. "You're faking," she said. "No. I'm really fast asleep," came his voice from under the cowl.

You'd be surprised what people will believe. Usually, the bigger and the more improbable the lie, the more willing they are to believe it.

Halt was about to indulge in what he called 'creative documentation'. Horace called it forgery.

It's only cheating if you're caught doing it. Otherwise, it's good tactics.

The wagoner's eyes were wide open. The shock of what had just happened was frozen on his face. His own dagger was buried deep in his chest. 'He fell on his knife. He's dead.' the steward said. He looked up at the Ranger, but saw neither quilt nor regret in his dark eyes. 'What a shame,' said Will Treaty. Then, gathering his cloak around him, he turned and strode from the tent.

Nobody can shee me," she cackled. "Trusht the cloak." Which profound witticism set them all off once more. "What the blistering blazes do you think you're doing?

people will believe half-truths and distortions if they coincide with what they want to believe. If they reflect their fears.

Hij wist dat Halt op het punt stonden om te beginnen met wat hij 'creatieve administratie' noemde. Voor Arnaut was het gewoon vervalsing... En niet voor het eerst besloot hij dat naarmate hij langer optrok met twee Grijze Jagers, zijn morele standaard alleen maar verder naar beneden ging.

It was a statement that was almost exclusively said by totally untrustworthy people.

It was said that Gilan could approach to within a few meters of a wide-awake sentry, steal his belt and shoes and leave the man wondering why his pants were falling down and his feet were cold. Horace knew it was an exaggeration—but not by much.

was a statement that was almost exclusively said by totally untrustworthy people.

Now see what you have done?" he said. "Not only have you shamed me in front of a guest, you have made that guest lie on your behalf.