Quotes About Deception

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.

If you start studying history closer, you'll find that most all wars are based on false flag operations to get people - to convince the people that they're under attack in some way so that they will support the wars.

Roger Kahn is someone with a gazillion dollars who thinks that he can use his vast fortune to buy television spots, particularly network television, and boost up his positives, make him appear to be a gentleman farmer, and cover up his warts.

Often, when you see yourself on the screen, you feel like a sweater that's been put through the washing machine. You have the impression of having done something full and luminous, and suddenly, when you see it on the screen, it's turned back into a tiny little thing.

Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.

I guess what bothers me so much about what I now see going on in both Washington and in Texas is an effort to keep people from finding out about the mistakes of lawmakers and then when they're uncovered, an effort to fool people and pretend there was nothing wrong.

How did you stand lying about yourself for years? You must have felt cut off from the whole world." I fought down the lump in my throat. "I did indeed. And then I met this prince who seemed able to see through me, to the truth behind the lies. He was terrifying and fascinating, but to my amazement, it was an immeasurable relief to be seen.

You bluffed him? A Porphyrian double ton of fire and brimstone, fangs like swords, claws like … like swords! And you just … bluffed him?

It was hard to fool someone who could tell what you were thinking.

That must be a wretched existence, forced to lie when you don't want to.

There is no pain in truth, no comfort in lies.

I dared not let my eyes widen in horror or the guards would be on to me; to buy myself some time, I curtsied deeply, to a slow count of three. The prince, when I finally dared to look at him again, seemed amused. He gestured broadly. "You are finished here, one hopes?" "Yes, thank you," I said, managing to keep any tremor out of my voice. "If you wish to

What can I get you guys?" Another lie, maybe?

Deception may give us what we want for the present, but it will always take it away in the end.

But I'd learned the hard way that you can't tell by looking if a guy is destined to hurt you. From the outside, they all look nice.

I looked behind me to make sure my jeans hadn't caught on fire yet from all the lying.

Ha. This bitch really thinks I trust her.

Everyone lies, everyone leaves something out of the narrative.

Sweep everything under the rug for long enough, and you have to move right out of the house.

Can I buy you a drink?" was most often accompanied by "I'm a banker" or "I'm just here on business." The latter was code for "I've got a wife at home but we can make some sort of arrangement.

Whatever she was or wasn't, she looked like a liar and he liked liars.

But since you bring it up, Didier, you know what I think of language? That it's a fake horizon and there's something else, a real truthful thing, but language is keeping us from it. And I think we should torture language to stop fucking around and tell it to us. We should torture language to tell the truth.

Silent people can be misleading, suggesting profundity and thoughtfulness where there may be none.

It wasn't a hoax,' Burdmore said quickly. 'It was theater. Real theater. Like Brecht.' ¶ 'What does Brecht have to do with it? I think you should leave Brecht out of this--