Quotes by category:Deception

I have begun drafting a memorandum for the prosecuting authorities, together with all evidence necessary to establish not only the existence of numerous specific instances of scientific or economic fraud in relation to the official "global warming" storyline but also the connections between these instances, and the overall scheme of deception that the individual artifices appear calculated to reinforce.

Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

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That's the old AA maxim, "Always have a drink in your hand and you'll never want a drink." That's one of the most classic deceptions in the literature: "I'll take a drink tomorrow." I actually don't think that's necessarily a very helpful maxim in AA, but it's a very good maxim in showing how strategic self-deception can be employed, even self-consciously. That's the amazing thing, to me, about self-deception.

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People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of... by Claude Debussy

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

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When we consider reality itself we quickly become aware of its infinite complexity, and we realize that our habitual perception of it is often inadequate. If this were not so, the concept of deception would be meaningless.

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When you know you are dying, self-deceptions fly from your bedsid... by Darin Strauss

When you know you are dying, self-deceptions fly from your bedside like embers off a bonfire.

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Self-deception helps us deceive. by David Livingstone

Self-deception helps us deceive.

David Livingstone

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Spiritual deception is dangerous -and damning. by David Platt

Spiritual deception is dangerous -and damning.

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When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily deceived.

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Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falseh... by Desiderius Erasmus

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

Desiderius Erasmus

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There's a degree of deception in silence. by Don Lemon

There's a degree of deception in silence.

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One thing appears reasonably certain, and that's that those who make allegations of a culture of deception, of intimidation or cover-up need to be extremely careful about such accusations.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception. by E. V. Lucas

Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

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A picture is an artificial work, outside nature. It calls for as much cunning as the commission of a crime.

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I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money are punished, and those ought to be still more severely dealt with who steal away or falsify the good name of a prince.

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I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought... by Elizabeth I

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

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The monster likes to talk; he jumps into your head and opens your mouth, making it spout your deepest darkest deceptions. Making you say all the things you'd rather not say, at least not in mixed company." (Ellen Hopkins)

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The consequences of President Johnsons 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.

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Lives begun in deception are always lived in shadow." (Stated by... by Erin Hunter

Lives begun in deception are always lived in shadow." (Stated by Yellowfang, page 3)

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Judgment consists not in seeing through deceptions and evil intentions, but in being able to awaken the decency dormant in every person.

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I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious.

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