Deception Quotes

574 Deception quotes by 429 unique authors

A lot of people experience the world with the same incredulity as when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.…We know that the… — Jostein Gaarder
Magic things are fond of deceptions. — Tom Robbins
We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception. — Arthur Conan Doyle
I have frequently detected myself in such kind of mistakes... in a total misapprehension of character at some point or other: fancying people so much… — Jane Austen
I'm a bartender. I like recipes. They're concretes. Was the drink recipe for seduction one shot charm and two shots self-deception, shaken, not stirred? — Karen Marie Moning
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and… — Sivananda
Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really… — Soren Kierkegaard
Ender understood more than she said. Manipulation of gravity was one thing; deception by the officers was another; but the most important message was this:… — Orson Scott Card
How poetic you are," she said. "I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception. — Gregory Maguire
Messin with me, is like wearing cheese underwear down rat alley. Ollie Chandler in Deception — Randy Alcorn
Most of humanity, he said, have eyes that are so caked shut with the dust of deception they will never see the truth, no matter… — Elizabeth Gilbert
She's easy to lead around, a shiny present here, a pretty compliment there, and you have true love and a popped cherry sacrificed to the… — P. C. Cast
Fake it may be, lies and deceptions, but this is the world in which we find ourselves, and here we must make our little lives. — Ian McDonald
The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps… — Brennan Manning
People’s feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people’s eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears. — Ai Yazawa
A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception. — Soren Kierkegaard
The most dangerous sicknesses are those that make us believe we are well — Lauren Oliver
A man inferior with the blade or with his thoughts can still so elevate himself," Entreri explained curtly, "if he can impart the belief that… — R A Salvatore
Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a dedicated liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's sincere, all deception… — Ian Mcewan
If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves that… — Errol Morris
Watching a make-out while wrapped in a blanket with a guy she wanted to make out with made her feel exposed. Obvious. Transparent. Like her… — Lisi Harrison
This, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses. — Holly Black
You just sit there and tolerate it, the same way everything in this country is tolerated. Every deception, every lie, every bullet in the brains.… — Imre KertÃ©sz
Lives begun in deception are always lived in shadow." (Stated by Yellowfang, page 3) — Erin Hunter
I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.) — A. S. Byatt

Who Wrote These Deception Quotes

429 authors contributed a total of 574 Deception Quotes, led by these top contributors: