Quotes About Illusion

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

I wanted to develop a hypnosis show that no-one had ever seen before, so I made it very topical and interesting. I've created a UFC fight night every night on stage, where I hypnotise twenty people into thinking they're mad, crazed UFC fans, and the energy is unbelievable.

These Are Not The Droids You Are Looking For.

There's a word for that kind of lie. Hope.

And once he had seen this, he could never again see it otherwise, just as we cannot reconstruct an illusion once it has been explained.

There is an illusion that has much to do with... most of our unhappiness.... We expect too much.

The 3-D effects in "Star Wars" are so realistic, you can actually see George Lucas reaching from the screen and taking the money from your wallet.

As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.

Science seems to be at war with itself.... Naive realism leads to physics, and physics, if true, shows naive realism to be false. Therefore naive realism, if true, is false; therefore it is false.

There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer.

This ain't a war... It's a goddam whorehouse.

There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't.

The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.

I'm glad to be part of the war on sadness. I'm a part time employee of the illusion that keeps people stupid.

So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice.

I know this is war, but the rest of us are trying to pretend it's a party.

When we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away...

Brigan, could you attempt, at least, to make yourself presentable? I know this is a war, but the rest of us are trying to pretend it's a party.

You cannot intimidate people with real bullets, but you can intimidate them with fake gun.

Some victories are merely defeat wearing the wrong clothing

mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy

Finally- no more ruddy show for the folks back home. No pretending it's all beer and skittles and no one ever gets hurt.- Phoenix and Ashes

War he sung is toil and trouble Honour but an empty bubble.

America takes credit for giving you freedom that you had anyway. It's like going to a wedding and putting your tag on somebody elses box.