That one American farmer can now feed himself and fifty-six other people may be, within the narrow view of the specialist, a triumph of technology; by no stretch of reason can it be considered a...

Where there is SMOKE there is usually FIRE. Believe NONE of what you hear and HALF of what you SEE!

Oh, what a tangled web we weave…when first we practice to deceive.

Deception and privileged secrets are common facets of politics.

Good and bad, right and wrong, truth and deception, it all depends on your state of mind.

Sometimes this was much harder than trying to get an alligator in a suitcase.

The mind of man can only teach what he has learned from others. It is how you use that knowledge that will decide who you are.

It really comes down to greed and deception and finger-pointing,

The thing is, Ms. Embers, they aren’t exactly on our side.

It’s not what others have said that hurt us the most. It’s the lies we believed about ourselves that caused us the most pain and hurt.

I feel incendiary, a wildfire. My spirit licks at the gates of a very elaborate, customized, and distracting emotional Hades.

Live a life of lies; die a death of truths.

Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will...

People are secretive when they have secrets.

Don’t fall flat to deception; thousand criticisms can never drift your dream through one millimetre unless you give them the audacity. Be in-charge; you are unstoppable!

If someone is playing on my fear, the natural tendency for a person is to throw all their energy and focus into protecting that vulnerability. But I say if you’re playing on my fear to...

He wasn’t yours to get hurt by. He was someone else’s and you knew that, so why are you offended? What right do you have to be hurt when you were a part of the...

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.

Someday I will have revenge. I know in advance to keep this to myself, and everyone will be happier. I do understand that I am expected to forgive N and his girlfriend in a timely...

Deception is the natural defence of the weak against the strong, and the South used it for many years against its conquerors; to-day it must be prepared to see its black proletariat turn that same...

All war is deception.

And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith odd old ends stol’n out of holy writ;And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

We are all tricked. We think that religion tells us what to believe; but it doesn’t, it is telling us what not to believe. Atheism is not the absence of religion; atheism is the most...

I’ll say this, Arik: the old man’s warning proved to be true – things are not always what they seem. She was no young lady -” “If it’s the demon you speak of,” interjected Rith,...

I planted a plastic plant, but nothing grew but political hope. I watered it with the tears of the voters.

Do you know how many acres of beautiful forests and moors have been destroyed by your company? How many animals have lost their homes and how many trees have been murdered? I am sick of...

I don’t know why wicked places generally look wicked. You’d think they’d look nice, to fool people, but they hardly ever do.

Someone who smiles too much with you can sometime frown too much with you at your back.

Kitsch is the most pernicious of all prisons. The bars are covered with the gold of simplistic, unreal feelings, so that you take them for the pillars of a palace.

Once a person has been poisoned by self-deception, he can’t make decisions about himself as neatly as all that,” Himiko said, elaborating her friend’s terrific prophecy; ” You won’t get a divorce Bird. You’ll justify...

Deception is huge in this game. As a hitter, the first thing you want to do is pick up the ball. If you can’t pick up the ball, that means the ball is getting on...

To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others.” These harsh words pierced me to the core.

Later, when she sees the photographs for the first time, she will be surprised at how calm her face looks – how steady her gaze, how erect her posture. In the picture her eyes will...

After a victim is made to participate in an act of evil, the people in charge put a lot of energy into convincing the child or adult that he or she is evil and a...

She heard him speak, but did not recognise the problem in his voice – only later did she realise it was that thing he’d been concealing – known as guilt.

Lies are like cockroaches, for every one you discover there are many more that are hidden.

We cannot separate doubt from deception. Doubt robs a man of his confidence; it is a fearful thing. Offer him deception to restore that confidence and he will embrace the falsehood for the comfort it...

Oh! that look of love!” continued he, between his teeth, as he bolted himself into his own private room. “And that cursed lie; which showed some terrible shame in the background, to be kept from...

This is the most outrageous example of deception and duplicity on the part of a Washington lobby in the history of the country.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Lies are like anchovies in a Caesar salad. You may not be able to see them, but your soul knows they are there.

For me, it´s sloth,” I say. “Hedonistic sloth and escapism.

It wasn’t a deception: all lovers live on partial knowledge.

Now Ravana said to himself, “These are all petty weapons. I should really get down to proper business.” And he invoked the one called “Maya”–a weapon which created illusions and confused the enemy. With proper...

Not all light is good. There is negative light, that can cast bad shadows.

Not too many 6-5 guys are that fast. Their speed is deceptive. I’ve watched one player, (it seemed) he gained two steps every 5 yards.

[On marriage and permanent attachment:]Well, well — the prizes all go to the women who ‘play their cards well’ — but if they can only be won in that way, I would rather lose the...

When you can’t tell the truth, tell *a* truth.