“The more we're thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a dedicated liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Take me now, God!" I shout to the inky sky. "I´m ready." "You´re not ready. You´re not even divorced yet," Bunny says.… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
Judging by appearances is a huge mistake, because what we see in people is what they choose to show. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I saw you before. All your flaws, your imperfections. Your body’s going to a lot of trouble to hide something, something inside… — Shaun Hick Copy Share Image
“Looks sure can be deceiving: not every ‘ugly’ person is a ‘bad’ person (or is guilty of whatever it is that they… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The fact that I can get away with something is the very reason why I shouldn’t do it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“So easy now that Elder Sister has explained to her what all young girls in houses are taught—that with care and meticulous… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Men impose deception on women and punish them for being deceived, force them down to the lowest level and punish them for… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“Talking to her is like coming home and finding the furniture in every room rearranged. The same pieces are there, the same… — C. J. Redwine Copy Share Image
On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath… — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths:… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
We must be very suspicious of the deceptions of the element of time. It takes a good deal of time to eat… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
An economy where advertisers thrive while journalists and artists struggle, reflects the values of a society more interested in deception and manipulation… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
We are now considering legislation based on statistics that include name-calling at public rallies as crimes. Are we going on to the… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
“Our friend Tuesday," said the President in a deep voice at once of quietude and volume, "our friend Tuesday doesn't seem to… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Deception, as practically manifested, succeeds because of two things. First, the object of deception is convincingly deceptive in its design; i.e., it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
“This was her original state; and then, as I was saying, and as the lovers of knowledge are well aware, philosophy, seeing… — Plato Copy Share Image
“This does not escape my notice, it is a context. I resent the fact of a context; my social status has shifted… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
Nostalgia for people, cultures, everything. There's an ability to use these marks to note things that are erased, deleted. Traces are a… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
No one from the intelligence community, anyplace else ever came in and said, ‘What if Saddam is doing all this deception because… — Stephen Hadley Copy Share Image
Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
“Some people in orthodox churches in Africa take poverty as a path that leads to heaven, making christianity look unattractive.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
In itself, the practice of deception is not particularly exacting; it is a matter of experience, of professional expertise, it is a… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
No one was ever injured by the truth; but he who persists in self-deception and ignorance is injured. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
the constant shower of the sun's mane erases the footprints on thin ice do not fear deception for the world lies atop… — Tite Kubo Copy Share Image
Flattery is often a traffic of mutual meanness, where although both parties intend deception, neither are deceived. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
If honesty causes pain, remember that it heals quicker than the wound inflicted by falsehood and deception. — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
People lie and they tell you what you want to hear. That's how you end up falling in love with the person… — Keren Zhims Copy Share Image
It's the great deception in modern culture: Bad things call for noble names to cloak their evil outcomes. — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say. — Seth Copy Share Image
To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
How sad when a liar believes they fool everyone, but they really only fool themselves. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Pretending you're happy doesn't get you anywhere...and what's the worse part of it is that everyone starts believing it, except yourself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“War is all about deception, Etayne. If we’re going to face this army, I want to do it on ground we’ve chosen.… — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
