Quotes About Deception

Once you'd been with Freddie, you wouldn't go anywhere else.' (How true this was to prove.) This incessant bragging by Fred West was at best, annoying and at worst, sickening. According to him, he was God's gift to women.

Marcos Axiom — everything said is the opposite of the facts

This tale is not true: you [Helen] did not even board the well-benched ships, and you did not go to the citadel of Troy.

Signaling them to be quiet, Terry ushered them away. "My father is speaking to JAMSTEC's Board of Directors. Dr. Craven's team sold us out, stating that our facility is totally inadequate and that we are clueless about how to care for the pup. She predicted it would be dead before the end of the week. As you probably heard, Dr. Simidu is livid. As of now—

Those who lead double lives do so because they can only count that far

Used a replica gun to steal a replica sportscar and experienced a replica of remorse

Eddie knelt and lifted a rock. 'Lawyers,' he whispered.

Looking at this town with an honest eye was like biting into candy with a mouthful of cavities.

I bet this Loki gets a big kick out of it every time you tell it," Rocket said, chuckling. The thin smile on Thor's face quickly fell. "Not anymore" were the only words Thor could manage before he turned away.

I detest those who deceive me...

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows that the good guys lost —LEONARD COHEN, "Everybody Knows," 1988

Haqqani added that he had "a bone to pick" with Panetta. "You lied." He added, "If you're going to send a Jason Bourne to our country, make sure he has the skills to get out like Jason Bourne," Haqqani added.

the conspirators had completed experiments on potent liquid explosives manufactured from hydrogen peroxide, hexamine, and citric acid. Their formula could disguise a powerful bomb as a colored sports drink, to be detonated by ordinary AA batteries.

I didn't know that once you've proven yourself useful to the wrong people, you'll never be free again.

you don't and can't comprehend why a man would be unfaithful, and you won't ever pretend to.

It hadn't turned out at all like the picture in the cookbook, that loaf. It looked like a roll of fiberglass insulation coated in gravel.

Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.

You've baked a really lovely cake, but then you've used dog shit for frosting.

Strong Points: I could definitely spend the rest of my life with him. Shortcomings: He killed his last boyfriend (acquitted: involuntary manslaughter). Comments: The knockout blonde he kept having lunch with wasn't his lover—she was his attorney. Serves me right for spying on him.

I feel jerked around. I feel sympathetic. I feel abused. It's almost harder to see Nathaniel on the good days than the bad, because you let yourself be deceived into thinking he's going to stay that way...And I can't just walk away. Part of it is the desire to follow through on something that's become more important and meaningful in my life, and to satisfy the human instinct to help someone less fortunate. And maybe there's something more.

The greatest enemy to fear is truth."

I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.

I would assign every lie a color: yellow when they were innocent, pale blue when they sailed over you like the sky, red because I knew they drew blood. And then there was the black lie. That's the worst of all. A black lie was when I told you the truth.

He lied with a smile that paralyzed reason." [Abby Chandlis - main character of The List]