Frauds Quotes

53 quotes by 47 authors

The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the… — Saint John Chrysostom
There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them. — Charles Caleb Colton
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. — Philip James Bailey
A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not… — George Bernard Shaw
Liberty is not for these slaves; I do not advocate inflicting it against their conscience. On the contrary, I am strongly in favor of letting… — H. L. Mencken
Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why… — Dmitri Mendeleev
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that. — Pearl Bailey
I started to wonder, and felt relieved that there might be truth to the idea of intellectuals all being frauds. I knew that I certainly… — Marie Calloway
One of the reasons people sell out so quickly is because even the talented think they're frauds. It's a culture that doesn't encourage people to… — Sean Penn
A hypocrite is one who plays two parts consciously for his own ends. When we find fault with other people we may be quite sincere,… — Oswald Chambers
These are called the pious frauds of friendship. — Henry Fielding
The propensity to swindle grows parallel with the propensity to speculate during a boom the implosion of an asset price bubble always leads to the… — Charles P. Kindleberger
We must not falsely teach American history in our schools. We have a law requiring state textbook oversight to guard against frauds like Zinn, and… — Mitch Daniels
The Post-Dispatch will serve no party but the people; be no organ of Republicanism, but the organ of truth; will follow no causes bit its… — Joseph Pulitzer
Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities. — Adam Gopnik
I think itâ€™s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that weâ€™re unique geniuses, and the… — Scott Lynch
Even though Hubbard is dead, his business still repeats his lies, ... and in my opinion the proposed Act should also punish businesses and organizations… — David Rice
The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there are.… — R. A. Lafferty
Healing is a biological process, not an art. It is as much a function of the living organism as respiration, digestion, circulation, excretion, cell proliferation,… — Herbert M. Shelton
Condelleza Rice and Colin Powell are both dangerous people. What they did in Haiti [2004 U.S.-backed coup that ousted democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide] is… — Randall Robinson

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