Self-Deception Quotes

12 quotes by 11 authors

• Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion… — David Bohm
• I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are… — Kazuo Ishiguro
• Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism. — Paul Samuelson
• Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects. — Sam Harris
• Many of my fellow atheists consider all talk of 'spirituality' or 'mysticism' to be synonymous with mental illness, conscious fraud, or self-deception. I have argued… — Sam Harris
• Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. — George Orwell
• Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge. — Todd Solondz
• If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our… — Theodore C. Sorensen
• I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me. — S E Hinton
• Cheating in school is a form of self-deception. We go to school to learn. We cheat ourselves when we coast on the efforts and scholarship… — James E. Faust
• The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation, prevarication,… — Robin Marantz Henig
• It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception. — Robert Motherwell

Who Wrote These Self-Deception Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 12 Self-Deception Quotes as follows:

• 2 Self-Deception Quotes by Sam Harris
• 1 Self-Deception Quote by Todd Solondz
• 1 Self-Deception Quote by Theodore C. Sorensen
• 1 Self-Deception Quote by S E Hinton
• 1 Self-Deception Quote by Kazuo Ishiguro
• 1 Self-Deception Quote by James E. Faust
• 1 Self-Deception Quote by Robin Marantz Henig
• 1 Self-Deception Quote by Robert Motherwell
• 1 Self-Deception Quote by Paul Samuelson
• 1 Self-Deception Quote by David Bohm
• 1 Self-Deception Quote by George Orwell