(February 1940) If they say to us, "We must fight this war to preserve democracy", let us say to them, "There is no such thing as democracy in time of war. It is a lie, a deliberate deception to lead us to our own destruction. We will not die in order that our children may inherit a permanent military dictatorship".
- Dalton TrumboReality is easy. It`s deception that`s the hard work.
- Lauryn HillI already hated that gray suit and then having to go through putting on that wig with a false front - again made me feel so trapped inside this person who was desperately wanting to break out of it but she was so caught up in the web of deception that she couldn`t.
- Kim NovakPeople come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?
- Claude DebussyArt is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory.
- Claude DebussyNarcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.
- Todd SolondzLove is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in a throne and looks at us.
- Al GoldsteinWe`ve seen a decade of deception by Merck.
- Mark LanierKerry`s sham economic indicator says that our economy was better under Jimmy Carter than under Ronald Reagan, a deception few Ohioans are likely to believe.
- Steve SchmidtIt`s ironic that after a political season awash in commercials based on fear and deception by both parties seen on all major networks, an ad with a message of welcome and inclusion would be deemed too controversial,
- John ThomasActing is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.
- Adam HoudeshellAll warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him.
- Adrian RushmoreA military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.
- Adrian RushmoreSuppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.
- Alan ReiterKnowledge of God`s Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.
- Alberto BernalAdults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.
- Alberto LozanoI pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.
- Alberto Santos DumontCertainly, it seems true enough that there`s a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, there`s obviously a lot of deception.
- Allen RossiIt may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.
- Andra DavisIt was deception. We showed character coming back and killing the penalties in overtime. It seemed we had momentum ... we wanted to get that extra point.
- Andy BriscoeThis was a lied-into war that is a quagmire now, ... It could be worse than Vietnam. The truth is we can`t win, and there`s still an ongoing deception.
- Anthony DeFazioThe ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible
- Archie RobinsonIf a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated, he has but to look into his own heart, and upon the world around,...Looking upon the lives of men and women, he will perceive how the hasty word, the bitter retort, the act of deception, the blind prejudice and foolish resentment bring wretchedness and even ruin in their train.
- James AllenAll war is deception.
- Sun TzuThe true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity
- Andre GideDeception is a cruel act... It often has many players on different stages that corrode the soul.
- Donna A. FavorsUsing the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and an irresponsible leader. Using the Oval office to lead your troops into a war born of blatant deception makes you a murderer and a war criminal.
- Jules CarlysleAll deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.
- Robert SoutheyTo cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity
- Soren Kierkegaard