Words matter. These are the best Deceptive Quotes from famous people such as Paul Begala, Lucinda Williams, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Bryant H. McGill, Ron Livingston, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
If it was about lying under oath – we actually know that Clinton certainly was deceptive, as most people would be about their sex lives – but, in fact, he did not lie.
Sade’s stuff is real deceptive. She’s got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets.
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.
The deceptive, glossy media images of faces, bodies and social lifestyles, make us hate ourselves so we will buy a solution to love ourselves once again.
People who are deceptive themselves have a really good ear for deception. They know when somebody’s telling the truth or not, and so one of the ways around that is to always be telling the truth – or some version of it.
There’s a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It’s deceptive because when you have pride, you’re usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn’t sell well.
Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.
Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
American tax dollars spent on education are meant to support students, not support aggressive, deceptive, and misleading marketing campaigns by certain for-profit education companies.
Don’t be fooled. Looks can be deceptive. Like every working mother, I’m paddling away like a duck beneath the water.
One of Satan’s most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. And the biggest lie is that there are no consequences to our own doing. Satan will give you whatever you ask for if it will lead you where he ultimately wants you.
As an Egyptian-American, I want both sides of that hyphen to enjoy the forms of freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, as I want both sides of that hyphen to move beyond the deceptive simplicity of the question, ‘Why do they hate us?’
‘What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal’ was thrilling in its light, deceptive tone, its subtle but irresistible momentum.
I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do that kind of thing. Evelyn, herself, grew out of the discussions about how capable women are of deceit and lying and manipulation.
Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again.
Negative thinking is subtle and deceptive. It wears many faces and hides behind the mask of excuses. It is important to strip away the mask and discover the real, root emotion.
Almost every bowler bowls a slower ball, but not many can be deceptive. A slower ball can only be deceptive if it is different, if it is floating, swinging.
My face is so slim that it is the most deceptive part of my body. Looking at my face, people think I am a very thin and delicate person.
The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.
Unfair and deceptive business practices have been illegal in most states for decades. Yet traffickers routinely use what appear to be legitimate businesses – massage parlors, bars, nail salons – as fronts for their illegal exploitation. It’s the ultimate business scam.
Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today’s events.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice – it makes it seem easy.
We need to hold Wall Street accountable for issuing the kinds of deceptive loans that nearly brought our economy to its knees in 2008.
The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.
The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.
Watching Clayton Kershaw in the very first game of the 2014 season, I realized that he’s not overpowering; he’s deceptive. It’s the sum of his parts that makes the Los Angeles Dodgers ace baseball’s most successful pitcher.
As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive.
I feel like I have a rare skill-set with my quickness and my size. It kind of throws people off. It’s deceptive with my speed.
Political commercials encourage the deceptive, the destructive and the degrading.
Obama has demonstrated no desire to make tough choices. Americans demand a more efficient, effective government, but his budget calls for more taxes and more spending. It employs deceptive accounting gimmicks but does nothing to tackle long-term entitlement problems, nothing to save Medicare or fix Social Security.
I support safeguarding users’ personally identifiable information and sensitive data like health or financial records. I also believe the government has a responsibility to punish deceptive and unfair practices that defy reasonable expectations about consumers’ privacy.
The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
Research indicates that a pause tends to be a signal that a cluster of deceptive cues is on its way. This is a key reason why voters routinely associate Trump with authenticity: He rarely pauses.
Proselytizing is only wrong if coercive or deceptive. Coercion, whether violent or not, is immoral, just as deception is immoral.
I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.
The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.
The ‘everymum’ persona is quite a comfortable coat to put on, and in a way it protects you. I don’t think I’m being deceptive. I like the women I play, so I’m very happy to be identified with them.
