“The problem with wearing a facade is that sooner or later life shows up with a big pair of scissors.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
There is nothing disastrous in the temporary nature of our ideas. They are always that. But there may very easily be a… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“The truth I discovered was not only stranger than I had imagined—and he was closer than I ever would've guessed. (Story: Love… — Scarlet Ibis James Copy Share Image
Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
“Well, well -- the prizes all go to the women who 'play their cards well' -- but if they can only be… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Everything about the left is perception, manipulation, and lies. Everything. Everything is 'Wag the Dog.' Everything is a structured deception. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It is sometimes useful to pretend we are deceived, because when we show a deceiving man that we see through his artifices,… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The phrase, the world wants to be deceived, has become truer than had ever been intended. People are not only, as the… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
When we consider reality itself we quickly become aware of its infinite complexity, and we realize that our habitual perception of it… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Sadly, our values are fast eroding. Modesty and honesty are ridiculed. Deception and cheating are on the rise. May the Almighty protect… — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Academic training in beauty is a sham. We have been so deceived, but so well deceived that we can scarcely get back… — Pablo Picasso 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
“We are all tricked. We think that religion tells us what to believe; but it doesn't, it is telling us what not… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
So long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image