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Quotes About Trickery

Really, Commander. Holly—Captain Short is only here because I tricked her.
~ Eoin Colfer
Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket.
~ Ambrose Bierce
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Deception is everywhere.
~ James Sanborn
The devil is a fun character to play because he's everywhere and no where all the time.
~ Eddie Griffin
The more we work to remove our fears and insecurities, the more aware we become of the interworkings of the universe and tap into the laws of nature, which, to most, will appear like we're doing some magic trickery.
~ Tara Stiles
Name the season's first hurricane Zelda and fool Mother Nature into calling it a year.
~ Robert Brault
The devil is the author of confusion.
~ Robert Burton
Once Count Victor Lustig, swindler par excellence, had sold dozens of suckers around the country a phony box with which he claimed to be able to copy money. Discovering
~ Robert Greene
What is offered for free is dangerous--it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay clear of gratitude, guilt, and deceit.
~ Robert Greene
The essence of deception is distraction.
~ Robert Greene
Taren Ferry folk had a reputation for slyness and trickery. If you shook hands with a Taren Ferry man, people said, you counted your fingers afterwards.
~ Robert Jordan
Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat's head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying to get rid of his, would it not?
~ Robert Jordan
What fate?" The three were on their feet atop the pedestals, and he could not tell which shrieked which answer. "To marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons!" "To die and live again, and live once more a part of what was!" "To give up half the light of the world to save the world!" Together they howled like steam escaping under pressure. "Go to Rhuidean, son of battles! Go to Rhuidean, trickster! Go, gambler! Go!
~ Robert Jordan
you'll find that trickery of the mind is just as potent as trickery of deed
~ L.M. Montgomery
It is vampire trickery, but as Richard said things he truly believed, so I think Anita and I have come to an understanding. We are tired of this, Ulfric. We are tired of you making us the villains. If we are the villains, then let go. If we are not the villains, then hold on, but either way, you know what I must do now. If you do not wish to be part of it, then you must separate from us.' 'Let
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket.
~ Ambrose Bierce
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
~ William Shakespeare
Peter stood up and let a wicked smile slide across his face. "Time to play.
~ Brom
Herons and cranes often stand on one foot, to fool fish into believing their solitary legs are reeds. When a fish comes near a heron's leg, it immediately catches hold of its hapless prey.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was Gotcha!
~ Attila the Stockbroker
It was one of those things that gave you a false feeling of soldering.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Cray, I've seen enough turkey shoots to know one when I see it. You set that little fucker up to dangle in the wind like a pro.
~ Andrew Mayne
Houdini untied himself, Faz. That was the trick.
~ Robert Dugoni