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Quotes About Deception

One of the techniques terrorists employ is to allege torture and mistreatment when they are captured, regardless of whether it is true.
~ Linda Chavez
No-deal Brexit could be Boris Johnson's biggest deception yet - worse than the Boris bus or the lies that had him sacked as a Times journalist or as a spokesman by the then Tory leader, Michael Howard.
~ Ed Davey
A 'Clean Bandit' is a total bastard!
~ Grace Chatto
If the goal of the DOT's rule is to prevent companies from deceiving passengers about the total cost of their ticket, why is the department mandating that airlines hide the taxes, surcharges and government fees in the fine print?
~ Tom Graves
Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.
~ David Ogilvy
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since.
~ Akshay Kumar
The Joker that Christopher Nolan created in 'The Dark Knight' had the scar across his mouth, and the first time you heard his explanation for it, he makes you believe that's how he got it. But then you get into the film, and every time he talks about his scar, it's a totally different story.
~ The Weeknd
I think there is a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real but look so artificial at the same time.
~ Dolly Parton
One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.
~ Takeshi Kitano
Fighters can say whatever, but what they are feeling inside, it's totally different.
~ Valentina Shevchenko
The enigma at the heart of quantum reality can be summed up in a simple motto: what we see when we look at the world seems to be fundamentally different from what actually is.
~ Sean Carroll
Throughout history, the men competing to shape the future had collected lost sheep to use as pawns in their game, cannon fodder in their wars.
~ Sean Chercover
look at the villains and con artists running for high office. And winning. They ain't runnin' as public servants, they're runnin' as saviors. And one thing has always been true—every time people think they're voting for a savior, they end up electing a tyrant.
~ Sean Chercover
the Bill of Rights is a triumphant proclamation of sacred truths upon which freedom depends and a heroic defense of the individual against the majority, subject as it is to demagoguery and deception.
~ Sean Patrick
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
~ Sean Penn
Casuslarla ilgileniyorsun, öyle deÄŸil mi Bob?" "Bazen evet. Gözlerle. ÇoÄŸunlukla kad?nlar?n gözleriyle. Onlar? birer casuslara benzetiyorum." "Ne aç?dan, Bob?" diye sorar Spurley. "Baz?s? bizi görür, baz?s? görmez. Ama yapt???m?z yanl??lar hiçbirinin gözünden kaçmaz. Sence de öyle deÄŸil mi?
~ Sean Penn
All politicians are liars', he said, 'to quote Chancellor Janarus - Jet Nebula
~ Sean Williams
The mind is a wild liar and I don't trust much in it that I find there.
~ Sebastian Barry
The truth may not always be desirable, that one thing leads to another thing, that facts not only lead forward to resolution, but backwards into the shadows, and sometimes into the various little hells we make for each other.
~ Sebastian Barry
The world loves to be deceived.
~ Sebastian Brant
The world wants to be deceived.
~ Sebastian Brant
The state prosecutor forced a smile, but it didn't extend to his eyes. Ira knew that the difference between an honest smile and the vacant facial expression of an artificial grin lay in the gaze. Faust may have been smiling, but the eyes behind his glasses were ice cold. And that could only mean one thing - that everything he was about to say was a lie
~ Sebastian Fitzek
Hüte dich vor Männern mit Hundegesichtern. Sie wedeln nur so lange mit dem Schwanz, bis sie dich besprungen haben.
~ Sebastian Fitzek
En apariencia es una actitud muy heroica: rechazar cualquier tipo de consuelo pasando por alto que es precisamente en esta postura donde reside el consuelo más envenenado, temible y vicioso.
~ Sebastian Haffner