Quotes About Deception

The Ritz Hotel was grand, sophisticated, and established, unlike me. The only thing we had in common was façade. Mine may not have been as ornate but it was equally phony. I was presenting myself as an escort; I advertised as one, negotiated like one on the phone, and I identified as one to whoever was interested. I even simulated sex for escort rates.

Vampire flowers, honey, soul poison.

Prospero, you are the master of illusion. Lying is your trademark. And you have lied so much to me (Lied about the world, lied about me) That you have ended by imposing on me An image of myself. Underdeveloped, you brand me, inferior, That s the way you have forced me to see myself I detest that image! What's more, it's a lie! But now I know you, you old cancer, And I know myself as well.

Promises are more dangerous then secrets.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind."—BUDDHA "Mean girls suck."—AISHA TYLER

You understand that the defilements promise you so much but that they never actually deliver.

Every lie contains truth, and every truth contains a lie

Our politicians are suffering from two types of dishonesty -beastly dishonesty and intellectual dishonesty.

They told us not to drink the water from one of our neighborhood wells. The reason was that the wall surrounding the well had some kind of strange notation written on it in white chalk. This was supposedly a Korean code indication that the well water had been poisoned. I was flabbergasted. The truth was that the strange notation was a scribble I myself had written. Seeing adults behaving like this, I couldn't help shaking my head and wondering what human beings are all about.

This is probably true of human life everywhere - a light exterior hides a dark underside.

But now we seem to have entered an era where getting caught lying openly and shamelessly, lying in a manner that insults the intelligence of both your friends and foes, lying about lying, and lying for the sake of lying have all lost their power to damage a politician. In fact, the "Trump Effect" yields the opposite result: Trump supporters seem to approve of the fact that he lies constantly, including to them.

I am old enough to know that a red carpet is just a rug.

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

It's easy to fool the eye, but it's hard to fool the heart.

Il était venu au commissariat de son plein gré. Il n'avait pas appelé d'avocat. Il avait accepté un test de résidu de tir. Et il utilisait le même mot de passe pour tous ses comptes. Jack était décidément toujours aussi naïf.

said. "For these guys, too. Just kidding. I

Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.

AP. : Peut-on proclamer que nous restons neutres ? De Gaule : Il ne faut rien proclamer du tout. Et d'abord c'est faux ! Nous aidons les Marocains en leur fournissant des armes. Nous aidons les Algériens en mettant à leur disposition notre aérodrome de Colomb-Béchar. Nous les aidons à s'entre-tuer. Pourtant, il faut bien faire comme si nous étions neutres. [Le 23 octobre 1963]

it could be selling you anything. It could be a cult religion that could separate you from friends and family, or a quack medicine that could leave you paralyzed, or bogus political information that causes you to elect a numbskull to the presidency. God forbid.

In fact, it's not until about the age of four or five that it even occurs to children that deception is possible. There's no point in lying if everybody knows what you're thinking!

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear.

When people don't have access to facts, they invent what they'd like to believe, or what they think others would like to hear.

Who wants a friend who talks about you behind your back? How do I know I can trust you to say good things in my absence when I've seen you cut up a "friend" behind his or her back, only to smile and act endearing when the person unexpectedly appears?