Quotes About Deception

The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places.

If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.

Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

There are no friends at cards or world politics.

I recently got into 'Lie to Me' with Tim Roth and 'The Mentalist.'

In my work, 80 per cent of the time people cheat, they run away with money, they lie but there are good things too. And I choose to write about the good and positive things.

I certainly direct with confidence even if I'm not confident. I learned early on as an actor that confidence can be faked, and it's not always a terrible thing to do. A lot of times if people feel you're confident, then they're confident.

Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.

People always remark on how I'm not as tall as I look in film. I tell them about the time I saw Lassie on a studio lot, and she was this tiny scruffy dog. Film makes you larger than life.

Ponzi and all of his successors tap into a fundamental part of human nature. One part of our brain tells us this is too good to be true. The other side tells us this is too good to miss. The key to any con is getting a mark to tip to the too-good-to-miss side.

What's in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg.

A couple of Astros players told me I was tipping pitches, but now it comes out they were stealing signs. Was I tipping, or were they stealing?

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

The American public is sick and tired of being lied to.

The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And they're sick and tired of the deception coming from this president and this administration. This is why I believe that I am doing so well in the polls.

We all know that much of what we hear in life is not really so. Canned laughter and 'sweetened' applause have been TV staples for decades, and all the slamming doors, breaking glass and squealing tires you hear in movies are sound effects.

It was really tiring always pretending to be someone else. Not my life, not my real name, nothing.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?

I purposely lost a fight to Billy Fox because they promised me that I would get a shot to fight for the title if I did.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.

Today you can't go by the titles of the shows to know what the content of the show may be.