Quotes About Deception

To make a statement that one knows is false is more honest than to make a statement that one knows is true.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

People don't want to hear the truth, they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy. And then when they get caught up in it, they start being in denial because they don't want to be wrong.

No matter what it is, I think people want the answer they want, they don't want the truth.

This woman goes into a gun shop and says, 'I want to buy a gun for my husband.' The clerk says, 'Did he tell you what kind of gun?' 'No,' she replied. 'He doesn't even know I'm going to shoot him.

Iblis (satan) himself recognizes the Lordship of Allah, but wants the human being to forget it

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want to hear is what won't happen.

There is a God we want and a God who is, and the two are not the same.

Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are.

No one wants the truth if it is inconvenient.

The devil's one object is so to depress God's people that he can go to the man of the world and say: There are God's people. Do you want to be like that?

Michael Scofield is someone everyone can relate to, but nobody would want to be in his shoes.

Trust no one at your back unless you want them to bury a knife in it.' (Syn)

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

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived.

A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.

People are stupid... They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true.

Humanity is a deceptive noun that suggests our best qualities as a species, though it often masks prejudice and inequity.

If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life was half lies and half truth, and wisdom was simplv the abilitv to distinguish one from the other.

Misguided loyalty allows the delusions of the leader to grow and destroys the faith of the loyal.

An enemy can cause you plenty of pain, but no one can hurt you like a friend who has become your enemy.

Equations are the devil's sentences.