Quotes About Conman

My family has something of a special relationship with confidence tricks: my grandfather was a professional swindler.

The idea that Donald Trump is a conservative is a complete farce. He is a conman who pretends to be a conservative.

Allen was "queer in those days, experimenting with himself to the hilt, and Neal saw that, and a former boyhood hustler himself in the Denver night, and wanting dearly to learn how to write poetry like Allen, the first thing you know he was attacking Allen with a great amorous soul such as only a conman can have.

He's not just your standard-issue cult con man who convinced a bunch of weak-minded followers that he has a direct line to God. He pretty much thinks he is a god, a god of sorts, immortal or destined to be. His PR became his dream of who he was, and his dream evolved into a toxic fantasy, and the fantasy became his truth. He's enchanted by all the lies that are his life.

I had two experiences of criminality: one was my conman father, the other was teaching at Eton