Illusion Quotes

1817 Illusion quotes by 1163 unique authors

It is an illusion to think that the matter cannot be resolved through words. — Che Guevara
Throught human history, illusions of knowledge, not ignorance, have proven to be the principal obstacles to discovery — Daniel J. Boorstin
I'd like to drill in a little more detail into one aspect of cutting which is particularly close to me and that's dialogue editing. It… — Lee Unkrich
Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in… — Oliver Gaspirtz
I believe in evolution and I think when it comes to business and the roots of business and the fundamentals of business, I don't think… — Elliott Gould
I think we should, as the public sector or politicians, stop creating an illusion that it is the public sector that drives growth and jobs.… — Alexander Stubb
Now let me be clear - I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers… — Barack Obama
When I compare life to a dream I do not mean to denigrate it as some sort of meaningless fantasy. Life is too wonderful to… — Timothy Freke
Among the several cloudy appellatives which have been commonly employed as cloaks for misgovernment, there is none more conspicuous in this atmosphere of illusion than… — Jeremy Bentham
As for the petty little world of journalism, the media demonstrates how it, more than anyone, is careful to traffic only in authorized ideas and… — Robert Faurisson
Sweet pliability of man's spirit, that can at once surrender itself to illusions, which cheat expectation and sorrow of their weary moments! - long -… — Laurence Sterne
The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result… — Charles Rosen
I don't have any illusion that The Creeper is as popular or will ever be as popular as any of the classic movie monsters, but… — Victor Salva
In Hindu philosophy the whole creation is regarded as the Vishnu Lila, the play of Vishnu. Lila means dance or play. Also in Hindu philosophy,… — Alan Watts
You want to know the biggest illusion about success? That it's like a pinnacle to be climbed, a thing to be possessed, or a static… — Tony Robbins
The motion of the stars over our heads is as much an illusion as that of the cows, trees and churches that flash past the… — James Jeans
The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin. — Swami Vivekananda
The romantic myth of the artist says that you are the Source. I have no illusion about that. Native Americans don't believe they are the… — Tori Amos
A mutually fulfilled sexual union between two people is the rarest sensation which life can provide. But it is not quite real. It stops when… — Cyril Connolly
[Kepler] preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, and that is the heart of science. — Carl Sagan
Dreams or illusions, call them what you will, they lift us from the commonplace of life to better things. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
God made the Illusion look Real and the Real an Illusion ! — Unknown Author
It's what we live for, to be able to make great illusions. The thing about 'Entourage' is everything we do is realistic. We go to… — Adrian Grenier
I mean, the thought of someone spending $20 to come and see me and saying 'Oh, I prefer the record and she's completely shattered the… — Adele
I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used,… — David Knopfler

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