--- title: "1 Deny Idea Quotes By Donna Leon" description: "1 Deny Idea quotes by Donna Leon. Plus more from Donna Leon and more Deny Idea sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/donna-leon-7276_crime_most-people-however-much-they-might-deny_2488206.jpg" --- > [“Most people — however much they might deny it — had an idea of what they were getting into when they got into it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/most-people-however-much-they-might-deny-it-had-an-idea-of-what-they/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/donna-leon-7276_crime_most-people-however-much-they-might-deny_2488206.jpg) ## More by Donna Leon > [“Vianello had the knack of getting people to talk. Especially if they were Venetians, the people he interviewed invariably warmed to this large, sweet-tempered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/vianello-had-the-knack-of-getting-people-to-talk-especially-if-they/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/this-is-a-fallen-world-people-lie-the-truth-gets-distorted-and-that-s/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [“even the worst men wanted to be perceived as better than they were. How else could hypocrisy have risen to such delirious levels?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/even-the-worst-men-wanted-to-be-perceived-as-better-than-they-were/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [“And will knowing what she reads make you know who she is?” “Can you think of a better way to tell?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/and-will-knowing-what-she-reads-make-you-know-who-she-is-can-you/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/i-never-wanted-to-be-rich-or-successful-or-famous-i-just-wanted-to-be/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [“Her mask gave no sign of how this affected her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/her-mask-gave-no-sign-of-how-this-affected-her/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [“Helmut thought himself above common morality. Or perhaps he thought he’d managed to create his own, different from ours, better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/helmut-thought-himself-above-common-morality-or-perhaps-he-thought-he/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [“That’s probably because they said a lot of other things, as well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/that-s-probably-because-they-said-a-lot-of-other-things-as-well/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/i-listen-to-handel-s-vocal-music-almost-exclusively/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [“Once, walking with him, Paola had stopped and asked him what he was thinking about, and the fact that she was the only person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/once-walking-with-him-paola-had-stopped-and-asked-him-what-he-was/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [“..if you put people on a diet, they start thinking about food. Or if you make someone stop smoking, all they think about is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/if-you-put-people-on-a-diet-they-start-thinking-about-food-or-if-you/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/and-off-in-the-far-distance-the-gold-on-the-wings-of-the-angel-atop/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/i-came-to-venice-for-the-first-time-in-1968-and-was-lucky-enough-to/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [“Pucetti’s was the generation that was all in favour of sentiment, sharing other people’s pain, voicing compassion for the downtrodden, yet Brunetti often found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/pucetti-s-was-the-generation-that-was-all-in-favour-of-sentiment/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) > [I have always had a particular antagonism for the military.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/i-have-always-had-a-particular-antagonism-for-the-military/) [Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deny-idea/donna-leon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Deny Idea Quotes By Donna Leon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Most people — however much they might deny it — had an idea of what they were getting into when they got into it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Donna Leon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/most-people-however-much-they-might-deny-it-had-an-idea-of-what-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/donna-leon-7276_crime_most-people-however-much-they-might-deny_2488206.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/donna-leon-7276_crime_most-people-however-much-they-might-deny_2488206.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/donna-leon-7276_crime_most-people-however-much-they-might-deny_2488206.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most people — however much they might deny it — had an idea of what they were getting into when they got…” — Donna Leon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deny-idea/donna-leon/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deny-idea/donna-leon/", "name": "Deny Idea Quotes by Donna Leon", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deny-idea/donna-leon/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/donna-leon-7276_crime_most-people-however-much-they-might-deny_2488206.jpg" }, "description": "1 Deny Idea quotes by Donna Leon. 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