Magic things are fond of deceptions.
Deceptions Quotes (94 Quotes)
Warfare is the way of deception.
She's easy to lead around, a shiny present here, a pretty compliment there, and you have true love and a popped cherry sacrificed to the god of deception and hormones. Young girls are so ridiculous--so predictably easy.
I have frequently detected myself in such kind of mistakes... in a total misapprehension of character at some point or other: fancying people so much more gay or grave, or ingenious or stupid than they really are, and I can hardly tell why, or in what the deception originated. Sometimes one is guided by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge.
Most of humanity, he said, have eyes that are so caked shut with the dust of deception they will never see the truth, no matter who tries to help them.
It should be obvious that this pattern of systematic holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration is not the result of accidents, editing oversights or technical mistakes. These are material omissions that -- in our view -- constitute another material breach. It is up to Iraq to prove that there is some other explanation besides the obvious one, that this declaration is just one more act of deception in a history of lies from a defiant dictator.
This report highlights the current gap in federal oversight that is a major problem and needs immediate correction, ... Enron's deceptions were shocking, and equally shocking was the extent to which respected U.S. financial institutions like (J.P. Morgan) Chase, Citigroup, and Merrill Lynch helped Enron carry out its deceptions and mislead investors and analysts about the company's finances.
The Bush administration has its sights set firmly on Tehran. The same deception is taking place right before our eyes and most Americans remain blind. It is going to happen. It is happening as we speak.
a planner, a schemer, and one capable of deception and dangerous results on his own.
I now fully understand that it was a clever ruse by the Iraqi government to enact an elaborate scheme of deception.
I don't know who he meant. I clearly wouldn't think that Todd Walker would have any reason to tell you I've never not told him the truth. Whether I'm right or wrong, I've spent 27 years of my life telling players what I felt was the truth at that time. My decisions don't always work out, but they're never done with any deception toward the player.
This is the most outrageous example of deception and duplicity on the part of a Washington lobby in the history of the country.
All war is based on deception.
What I've encountered is a culture of greed and deception.
It is nothing short of deception and lies to portray this deal as strengthening the union (between Northern Ireland and Britain), ... complete and total sellout of our province.
Asked how it felt to be called a demon of deception, ... I think it's horrible. I think it's totally, totally horrible. I've dedicated 27 years to this city, and to be called that is horrible
I 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.
The dogs of greed are with me. In the early morning, they continually bark at the wind. Falsehood is my dagger through deception, I eat the carcasses of the dead. I live as a wild hunter, O Creator
The person who cannot laugh is not only ready for treason, and deceptions, their whole life is already a treason and deception.
This is the same dictator who dispatched a team of assassins to murder former President Bush as he traveled abroad. A person would be right to question any suggestion that we should just get inspectors back into Iraq, and then our worries will be over. Saddam has perfected the game of cheat and retreat, and is very skilled in the art of denial and deception. A return of inspectors would provide no assurance whatsoever of his compliance with U.N. resolutions. On the contrary, there is a great danger that it would provide false comfort that Saddam was somehow back in his box.
The Bush Administration's inflation of enrollment numbers disguises the problems that plague this privately-administered benefit. Deception will do nothing to help older and disabled get the medications they so desperately need.
When the judge looked at the evidence and saw how blatant the stem cell opponents were in stealing the codes and information from our Web site, he said that it was an obvious and intentional attempt to confuse the public. They're willing to use every tool of deception and disinformation to accomplish their goals.
Certainly, 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.
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Politicians are masters of the art of deception.
For as long as I care to remember, religion, like the striptease, has always been a display of the power of suggestion. Like the Virgin Birth, it has all too often supported an immaculate deception.
He has the mentality of a closer. He has an easy delivery which is part of the deception to the hitters. He is like an old-time Bryan Harvey.
There is no sadder grief than that which lies at the bottom of a life that has been wrecked through deception.
serve as a reminder that there will be always those who seek through aggression, deception and force to oppose their will on the world of civility, decency and law.
We're concerned that Iran's activities pose an increasing threat to international peace and security. Iran's pattern of deception, its concealment, its confrontational approach, increasingly worries the world community.
Had the devil come to our first parents personally and unmasked, they would have more easily seen the deception.
Your national greatness, swelling vanity your denunciation of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.
Rather than seeking personal injury damages for the consequences of obesity, there will be lawsuits based on state consumer protection laws. There's a lot of deception in the marketplace and a lot of it is relevant to the obesity epidemic. But here we don't have to prove anyone got fat.
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable when using our forces, we must seem inactive when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away when far away, we must make him believe we are near.
It was what Mr Lay was saying, what the company was saying. I was trying to keep up the deception as well.
They should reconsider and reexamine what they are doing, ... They should not be misled again into believing they can achieve by military aggression what they were unable to achieve by their means of malice, trickery and deception.
Although Dante put Odysseus in the eighth circle
for deception, both Gods and men, I think,
underrate his love for Penelope.
War is based on deception.
All war is deception.
Over the past three months, I have witnessed denial, deception, threats to Defense Department employees, character assassination, and now silence,
This report exposes one of the biggest con jobs in recent history. This long-running, secretive campaign funded by some of the country's wealthiest families has relied on deception to bamboozle the public not only about who must pay the estate tax, but about how repealing it will affect the country.
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
We in this Congress have a choice. The American people have a right to exercise a choice on this issue, as to whether our men and women will continue to fight and die in a war based on deception and fantasy, or to start bringing the troops home.
The results of the probe are disturbing, but they are not surprising. People believe what they see or what they think they see. Deception and disguise often work.
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?
All warfare is based on deception.
The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.