Quotes About Deception

Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this, he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God in order to imply that there is no mercy.

I'm scammed almost every day. Or, if not scammed, at the very least someone tries to scam me. Usually more than once a day.

We live in a society and a culture and an economic model that tries to make everything look right.

I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks.

Our enemy, the devil, wants to control us, and his target is our will. The main way he tries to influence our will is through lying to us.

At the end of the day, if someone tries to conceal something they will, and when you find out, you deal with it. That's it. We can't possibly know everything that happens.

I read 'The Hobbit' but not a single one of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. I had to lie about this pretty much all through high school. I still say it apologetically.

A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time. We congratulate a rival on a triumph when actually we are choking on spite. We are cordial and attentive to crashing bores.

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically - while simulating a triumphant march forward - than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

We in this Congress have a choice. The American people have a right to exercise a choice on this issue, as to whether our men and women will continue to fight and die in a war based on deception and fantasy, or to start bringing the troops home.

It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble.

Sometimes we fall in love with the idea of a person and have trouble seeing the real thing.

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.

If people are going to be cooking the books, you're in trouble.

The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.

If I think I'm going to get into trouble I always say that I'm sick.

It's like Samson and Delilah: watch your back, because trouble could be the person you're sleeping with.

When you say 'Monster Trucks,' people don't think monsters inside of trucks.

If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is.

People just love rumors. They're always saying things that aren't true.

This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure.