Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself. — James Robertson Copy Share Image
Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they… — Xenophanes 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
I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.) — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What one has most to work and struggle for in painting is to do the work with a great amount of labour… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
You can fool the world with your smiles, but you can never fool your heart. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Should it happen, that your partner leaves you for someone else with more money. To where later you strike it richer than… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
The cosmetics world and mentalism are both arenas of deception, but I suppose the difference is that mentalists and magicians are more… — Keith Barry Copy Share Image
It should be obvious that this pattern of systematic holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration is not the result of accidents, editing… — John Negroponte Copy Share Image
“Ritually abusive groups also convince children that something evil has been put inside them. For example, a child is made to believe… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
Let us not play at kittly-benders. There is a solid bottom everywhere. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think that there is an ongoing conspiracy in the philosophical community, an organized form of self-deception, as in a cult, to… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
If you've been cheated on in a relationship, one of the most difficult things is to eventually learn about the multiple points… — Ariana Madix Copy Share Image
People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be, until they have learned… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain… — William James Copy Share Image
Pretending that you're very busy talking over phone when you see someone you want to avoid or don't want to talk to. — Raghav Singh 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
“Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep; And in his simple show he harbours treason.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We grow hostile to many an artist or writer, not because we finally come to see he has deceived us, but because… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
