Deceive Quotes

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.

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

Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of the world may not be tasteless to thee.

A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

I think I can deceive people. I'm like, the nice, sweet girl when you meet me. And I don't have any bad intentions. But I'm a bad girl too.

I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.

The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.

What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.

We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.

To our knowledge, it is the first imaging study on people who lie, cheat and deceive as a group.

It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.

We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.

the powerful lesson from Enron for me is the power of self delusion and how people rationalise and deceive themselves. And I think when Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling say they are innocent now, as they do with their trial approaching in early 2006, they mean it on a certain level. One smart financial observer said to me that he's never met the CEO of a fraudulent company who didn't come to believe in what he'd created.

A lot of artists say they'd be happy in a classless society. But artists are often the first to deceive themselves. Put them in the kind of utopia they sentimentalize, and in no time, they would be binding their feet, lengthening their necks or flattening their heads, just to be different.

Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: "You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.".

Be wary, be wary, of the prosecutor who feels it necessary to deceive the court.

I'm not denying anything. I wasn't trying to deceive anyone. But it was wrong. I overstepped the rule. It has happened before. But it won't happen in the future. I should have known better.

Self-deception helps us deceive.

There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive one?s self.

It tends to deceive the consumer into thinking they're buying something fresh when they are not.

It never has been my intent to deceive others and I take responsibility for not providing more specific information and not being clearer on my academic credentials.