Quotes tagged ‘Deception’

“But he knew how to tell the parole board what they wanted to hear. I sung 'em the same old song and gave 'em the same line about how I sure loved Jesus and what a good, nice young man I was and how much good it had done me to be sent to that prison.”

— Carl Panzram, www-rohan.sdsu.edu

“Now for the first time I learned to know men and I learned to distinguish between empty appearances or brutal manners and the real inner nature of the people who outwardly appeared thus.”

— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com

“Sam: So this is what having a girlfriend is gonna be like? She is your best friend, she is beautiful, you can say and do anything in front of her. Neal: Well, my dad always says that's what something what women want you to think before you marry them. That's how they suck you in.”

— Judd Apatow, Paul Feig, Sam Weir, John Francis Daley, imdb.com

“Jerry: A house in the Hamptons? George: Yeah. I figured since I was lying about my income for a couple of years, I could afford a fake house in the Hamptons.”

— Steve Lookner, imdb.com

“You know, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if it was me that tricked you.”

— Dave Monahan, Bugs Bunny, Mel Blanc, imdb.com

“Half of writing history is hiding the truth.”

— Joss Whedon, Malcolm Reynolds, Nathan Fillion, imdb.com

“Well, if you don't have any nice words I mean, anything nice to say, just you know, lie.”

— Hilly Hicks Jr., Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, imdb.com

“How do I take off a mask when it stops being a mask? When it's as much a part of me as I am.”

— Sam Esmail, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com

“Inside the club, there had to be truth. Our word was our honor. But outside, it was all about deception. Lies were our defense, our default. To survive, you had to master the art of perjury. The lie and the truth had to feel the same. But once you learned that skill, nobody knows the truth in or out…”

— Nichole Beattie, John Teller, Nicholas Guest, imdb.com

“When caught in a lie or challenged with the truth, they are seldom perplexed or embarrassed - they simply change their stories or attempt to rework the facts so that they appear to be consistent with the lie.”

— Robert D. Hare, amazon.com

“Lying, deceiving and manipulation are natural talents for psychopaths. With their powers of imagination in gear and focused on themselves, psychopaths appear amazingly unfazed by the possibility - or even by the certainty - of being found out.”

— Robert D. Hare, amazon.com

“We must learn and then teach our children that niceness does not equal goodness. Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.”

— Gavin De Becker, amazon.com

“If you find yourself lying to women frequently, reexamine your fucking life. Be honest about your intentions, what you want, and what you’re doing. Your honesty might sometimes hurt your chances of getting laid.”

— Alison Stevenson, thoughtcatalog.com

“I’m not really very keen to put on much of a theatrical show in terms of big sets and fireworks and elephants. Of course that doesn’t mean that I won’t go back on my word because that’s part and parcel of what I do for you. Part of my entertaining factor is lying to you.”

— David Bowie, amazon.com

“I don't do well when people lie to me.”

— Kristine Huntley, Violet Adams, Liza Koshy, imdb.com

“I certainly said what was ever necessary to get the story.”

— Michael Wolff, washingtonpost.com

“OK, look. We've never worked together on a lie. Now, you don't understand how I work. I have a certain way of working. Jerry and I have worked together a few times. He knows how I work. It's not a personal thing, y'know? We're just trying to come up with the best possible lie. That's what this is al…”

— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com

“This is nothing to me. My whole life is a lie.”

— Larry David, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com

“I should've hit the little son-of-a-bitch. I can't stand kids. Adults think it's so wonderful how honest kids are. I don't need that kind of honesty. I'll take a deceptive adult over an honest kid any day.”

— Larry David, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com

“Well, good, that’s the idea. You scare the shit out of people so they can’t see how scared you are.”

— Gia Carangi, xys-t.tumblr.com