Accounts Quote by George Orwell

When we consider reality itself we quickly become aware of its infinite complexity, and we realize that our habitual perception of it is often…

— Dalai Lama

“To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again,…

— George Orwell

Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State.

— James Jesus Angleton

“I don't think anybody'd remember and certainly do know everybody'd lie. The reason I'm so bitter and, as I said, 'in anguish,' nowadays, or…

— Jack Kerouac

Lying is a false significance of speech, with a will to deceive, which cannot be cured but by shame and reason; it is a…

— Jon Jones

“Not all deceptions are palatable. Untruths are too easy to come by, too quickly exploded, too cheap and ephemeral to give lasting comfort. Mundus…

— Walter Kaufmann

Disinformation is more than just lying: it's the denial and twisting of reality in order to present some desired image to the rest of…

— Will Hurd

In itself, the practice of deception is not particularly exacting; it is a matter of experience, of professional expertise, it is a facility most…

— John le Carre

Lying is a deliberate choice to mislead a target without giving any notification of the intent to do so. There are two major forms…

— Paul Ekman

Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.

— Jean Cocteau

Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life…

— H. L. Mencken

“Man's unconscious believes that it must use deception and self-deception to allow the conscious mind to survive and justify itself within our material realm.…

— D.R. Cozen