History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon…

History is a pack of lies we play on the dead.

— Voltaire

“History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. . . . History is always written…

— George Santayana

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

— George Santayana

“They were either all unconscious, or they were smart enough to lie down and play dead.”

— Michael-Scott Earle

I don't consider myself a feminist, but boy, I won't lay down and play dead, ever.

— Tomi Lahren

“Play dead often and long enough and people begin to think you are.”

— Janet Tashjian

Even to play a dead body; that'd be an easy gig.

— Maria Thayer

“When you're out of options, the best option is to do nothing. Play dead. The possum option.”

— Rick Yancey

Oh, you wanna do a little bit of roleplay? Could you just play dead?

— Jack Whitehall

No man is boss in his own home, but he can make up for it, he thinks, by making a dog play dead.

— W. C. Fields

I can put on my resume: 'Can play dead.'

— Tom Verica

No man is the boss of his own house, but he can make up for it, he thinks, by making a dog play dead.

— W. C. Fields

What do you think you should do if you're attacked by a bear? Play dead? No - that's a lie promoted by the bears.

— Eugene Mirman

“Mes enfants, you mustn't go at things head-on, you are too weak; take it from me and take it from an angle... Play dead,…

— Honoré de Balzac

“If you want to be forgotten... Play Dead.”

— Peter MKN