Illusion Quotes
1817 quotes by 1207 authors
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Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a…
— Sai Baba
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back…
— Sai Baba
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He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
— Douglas Adams
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What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is…
— Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.
— Scott Adams
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A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
— Saul Bellow
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A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
— Georges Bernanos
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Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.
— Juliette Binoche
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Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
— Brad Bird
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Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.
— David Blaine
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I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake.
— Lewis Black
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Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.
— Giotto di Bondone
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we…
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
— Ludwig Borne
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Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.
— Elizabeth Bowen
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A lot of people do that kind of nostalgia stuff believing that they were very happy in their teenage years, but that's probably just an…
— Jo Brand
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Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize,…
— Andre Breton
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Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it…
— Jeff Bridges
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