Delusion Quote by Paul Sweeney

I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going to work.…

— Khaled Hosseini

Writing is the perfect balance between self-confidence and self-doubt, with a bit of self-delusion thrown in.

— Judith Kelman

The great paradox of determinism and free will, which has held the attention of the wisest of philosophers and psychologists for generations, can be…

— E. O. Wilson

Love is the self-delusion we manufacture to justify the trouble we take to have sex.

— Daniel S. Greenberg

The human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering.

— Michael Shermer

I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.

— Marcus Aurelius

The first-person viewpoint is more enjoyable to write, because it lets me meander more freely, and it can reveal more of the character's self-delusions.…

— Anne Tyler

Words bend our thinking to infinite paths of self-delusion, and the fact that we spend most of our mental lives in brain mansions built…

— Dan Simmons

We cannot move casually into a better future. We cannot casually pursue the goal we have set for ourselves. A goal that is casually…

— Jim Rohn

The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on the racist. The vast…

— George Galloway

A direct statement about yourself is considered objective only if it is negative. If it's positive, it is considered subjective. And 'objective' means it…

— Barbara Sher

People compose the schedules they do out of the priorities they have; and someone who says otherwise is deceiving himself about what he really…

— Kenny Smith