“Scratch a professor and you find a paranoiac, Barlow thought. But scratch a dean and you find a con artist.” — Paul La Farge Copy Share Image
But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
I’ve been a con artist since I was 16 and trying to get my dad to buy me a car. I never… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
The real con artist is Senator Marco Rubio who was elected in Florida and who has the worst voting record in the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Does anyone really believe a four-year degree is what separates an ethical person from a con artist? — Rich Paul Copy Share Image
Even though Hubbard is dead, his business still repeats his lies, ... and in my opinion the proposed Act should also punish… — David Rice Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is not going to be the nominee, because we are not going to allow - people will wake up and… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I think, basically, if you talk to anybody, you can gauge an idea of what it's like to feel deceived. You don't… — Inbar Lavi Copy Share Image
Con artists are using Obamacare confusion to sign people up for fake health insurance. The scammers lure victims with false promises like,… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Marco Rubio is one of those people. How does that work? How can you call him a con artist and dangerous, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Any skilled con artist knows the key to deceiving your mark is to get them to believe your scheme was their idea.… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out.… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
Like a stage magician, the con artist misdirects suspicion. While everyone’s watching for him to pull a rabbit out of a hat,… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think. It cannot be replaced by one's power to deceive. The self-confidence of a scientist… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has the benefit of the fact that he's dominated media coverage, I mean, literally dominated media coverage because of the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is a world-class con artist. He conned all these people that signed up for Trump University. Now he's trying to… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The irony of it, is how Freemasons have been trying to create and fulfill prophecy, and in their endeavor to hide behind… — Alejandro C. Estrada Copy Share Image
Don King was good to me through my years as champion, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
“Democracy is the rule of the best con artist. Let those who have true power rule over those who do not." -Dibian” — Edward L. Cote Copy Share Image
Beware the expert who is unable to translate his knowlege to the layman, he is only a con artist. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was 23, I moved to Australia to be with this 43-year-old con artist I fell in love with. — Natasha Leggero Copy Share Image
One of the things about the con artist lifestyle is that all the romance is sort of sloppy and fast and loose. — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
“In order to be wildly popular you had to make people believe that you were fun and interesting I just wasn't that… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“An artist does things naturally, without effort. Some power guides his hand. A forger struggles, and if he succeeds, it is a… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
And if you were a very sophisticated con artist, what would you do to convince people that you were from the future?… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
You called me a natural con artist and asked me what other secrets I was hiding. I didn't answer because I already… — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
“You could make any man forget his years. When I saw you arrive in your lovely dress, I was conquered. If you… — Barry Gray Copy Share Image
That's the power of the good con artist: the ability to identify your deepest need and exploit it. It's not about honesty… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
On September 11, 2015, only hours before my mother passed away, I learned that the man I planned to build a life… — Jenifer Lewis Copy Share Image
“A con artist, a total imposter, had played on my desires for the Cinderella dream and won a Monopoly trip to jail.… — Debra Moffitt Copy Share Image
In 2007 I took a two-year break from shooting the BBC series 'Hustle,' in which I played a big-time con artist. I'd… — Adrian Lester Copy Share Image
“As Schell had taught me, "a con starts when there is something you want and you are blocked from attaining it by… — Jeffrey Ford Copy Share Image
I did a film [about a con-artist mom and son] called Bringing Up Bobby that Famke Janssen wrote and directed. No one's… — Milla Jovovich Copy Share Image
And I think it's because good cons are all based on the victim's need, and the successful con artist is the one,… — Alfred Molina Copy Share Image
“The risks in antiques fraud are relative. Other criminals risk the absolute. You've never heard of a fraudster involved in a shoot-out,… — Jonathan Gash Copy Share Image