Deception Quotes

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human.

The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the double agent committee, controversially published his account of the operation in defiance of official secrecy.

Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

Deception is everywhere.

Neuroscientists are novices at deception.

All warfare is based on deception.

All war is based on deception.

All war is deception.

Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental effect produced upon the customer, who believes she has been misled.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.

The consequences of President Johnson's campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president, his party, and the presidency itself.

An offended heart is the breeding ground of deception.

Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. They're all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. They're tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

The point of painting is not really deception or imitation.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?

I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them.

Politicians are masters of the art of deception.