Quotes About Misdirection

Oh, it's a case of 'they think I'll think that they'll do A, so they'll do B because I wouldn't think they'd think of that but then because I might think I know what they're thinking they'll do A after all because I wouldn't think they'd think that way

Oh, it's a case of they think I'll think that they'll do A, so they'll do B because I wouldn't think they'd think of that but then because I might think I know what they're thinking they'll do A after all because I wouldn't think they'd think that way," Will said.

Valora demasiado lo que la gente le dice. Considera las palabras dichas como un medio de llegar a la verdad. Yo las considero un medio para ocultarla.

No peacocks were harmed in the making of all this dinner. And how could I have misdirected our gallant maidens, when your agents guided them? Agents whose introduction to the game I protested?

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.

I'm wondering whether to have someone go around with my mobile to completely throw everybody off the scent. I could appear in weird places.

When people use the word 'science,' it's often a tell, like in poker, that you're bluffing.

There's a lot of similarities, I think, between a thriller and a comedy because it's all about tension. It's about building tension and setups and payoffs and misdirections and surprising people and sort of pushing the boundary.

Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do it to throw you off.

With a thriller, you're going to have your red herrings, as different suspects are thrown up as possible culprits. You can only explore that for so long - if you do that more than a few times, it starts to get a little redundant.

I really don't want to do anything that resembles stand-up comedy. But I will agree to say that I am doing it, and I will hope that people expect it to be that, so I can thwart those expectations.

Votre mari n'est pas là madame Eiffel - Non il est allé faire une tour.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was the quarter from behind the ear gag. He would never put the time in.

It is sometimes fortunate, that the means which are taken to produce certain effects upon the mind have a tendency directly opposite to what is expected.

A Criminal is the case of surplus of human energy directed in the wrong direction.

Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing. It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely different

When you're trying to hide something,' Paul Martin advised, 'always do it out in the open. Then no one will believe you're doing anything wrong.

Zwei Juden treffen sich im Eisenbahnwagen einer galizischen Station. 'Wohin fahrst du?, fragt der eine. 'Nach Krakau,, ist die Antwort. 'Sieh' her, was du für Lügner bist, , braust der andere auf. 'Wenn du sagst, du fahrst nach Krakau, willst du doch, dass ich glauben soll, du fahrst nach Lemberg. Nun weiss ich aber, dass du wirklich fahrst nach Krakau. Also warum lügst du?

So instead I'm zapping her lots of smiley faces and emojis of shiny suns and sailboats and dodging the truth altogether. (Maybe that's what emojis were invented for in the first place, and I've just been using them wrong. They're not there to convey thoughts in a fun way; they're there to lie to your mum.)

It was wrong. It was like arresting the gun for murder.

It was as if the world was presenting her with everything she wanted ... in all the wrong ways.

Sarcasm is the language of the devil.

I recommend a little dose of cancer to anyone.