93 Best Deception Quotes

To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies...

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. – Holden Caulfield

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. – Holden Caulfield

Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love. – The Elder Zosima

A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense. – The Elder Zosima

Reason is a scoundrel, for it can always find reasons for anything. – Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov

What should I be if not a Jesuit? To deceive others in order to win them for God? That is the question. – Ivan Karamazov

I am a lie, and the truth is not in me. – Ivan Karamazov

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. – Abraham Lincoln

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. – Abraham Lincoln

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. – Leonardo da Vinci

Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning. – Count Rugen

The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. It's a good non-specific symptom. – Ferris Bueller

They bought it. Incredible! One of the worst performances of my career and they never doubted it for a second. – Ferris Bueller

I'm a dog! I'm a cute and fluffy dog!

I come in peace.

It's showtime!

Ah. Remember when I said I'd stay out of your life? I lied. – Beetlejuice

Maybe it's time for you to start... losing on purpose. – Chancho

Let us rejoice in what we are! – The Wizard

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! – The Wizard

Keep the change, ya filthy animal. – Kevin McCallister

I'm not a burglar, I'm an exterminator! – Harry Lyme

We're not terrorists. – Hans Gruber

I'm a very good liar. Isn't that a terrible thing to be good at? – Dexter Morgan

I've got friends on the other side. – Dr. Facilier

You see, darlin', that shadow man, he's a tricky one. – Mama Odie

I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for. – Jack Sparrow

You're a loose cannon, Sullivan! A renegade! – Waternoose

I'm not going to make it. You're going to have to go on without me. – Truman Burbank (to "Marlon")

Because we have a very busy day tomorrow. You know, fixing the house and cleaning and cooking and weeding the garden and... – Coraline's Other Mother

Theatricality and deception are powerful agents. – Henri Ducard

My mom thinks I'm going to a special study session. – Sabrina

He's not from Havana. He's from Sweden. – Bart

Candygram for Mongo! – Bart

I was testing the wind. – Hiccup

I'm not a hero. I'm a... a... a... deep-cover feds guy! – Stan Pines

We just wanted a place to get dry. – Belle

This man is not a clown. He's a predator who uses laughter as a lure. – Jason Gideon

The most destructive weapon in the world is a kiss. – David Rossi

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. – John F. Kennedy

The worst of all deceptions is self-deception. – Plato

If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered. – Stanley Kubrick