Deceptive Quotes

106 quotes by 97 authors

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance. — Leland Stanford
If it was about lying under oath - we actually know that Clinton certainly was deceptive, as most people would be about their sex lives… — Paul Begala
It's just a matter of who you are and how you talk to people. Your subjects will trust you only if you're confident about what… — Mary Ellen Mark
Novelty is both delightful and deceptive. — Honore de Balzac
Appearances can be deceptive. The fact that we cannot see what God is doing does not mean that He is doing nothing. The Lord has… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
It is not a virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue, when we are led to the performance of duty by pleasure as… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Landscapes can be deceptive. Sometimes a landscape seems to be less a setting for the life of its inhabitants than a curtain behind which their… — John Berger
I have observed several hundred salespeople who were taught to use deceptive practices like 'bait and switch' and encouraged to play negotiation games with customers.… — Ron Willingham
Many people are very intelligent in accomplishing worldly attainments. This intelligence is not wisdom because worldly attainments such as a high position, reputation, wealth and… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people… — Nathan Deal
Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy. — Michael Arndt
But the word "right" is one of the most deceptive of pitfalls; it is so easy to slip from a qualified meaning in the premise… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare. — James Forrestal
It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former quality, knowledge of… — Richard Whately
The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts. — Woody Hayes
Mathematics is ordinarily considered as producing precise and dependable results; but in the stock market the more elaborate and abstruse the mathematics the more uncertain… — Benjamin Graham
The permanent campaign is inherently deceptive. — Scott McClellan
The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived. — Said Nursi
Somewhere between the honest truth and the deceptive lie is the deceptive truth and the honest lie. — Robert Breault
Russian is a very deceptive language, because it looks easy at first: it's like setting out for a gentle stroll and realizing that you've committed… — Armand Hammer

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