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Deceptive Quotes

When appearances don't match reality.

These deceptive quotes span very different fields, from a football strategy that looks straightforward but isn't, to a warning about the deceptive psyche behind party Government leadership.

The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.

Quotes by Woody Hayes

It is high time the TRS leaders understood the deceptive psyche of the Congress party and its leadership.

Quotes by Vijayashanti

The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.

Quotes by Vaclav Havel

Compared with mammals, birds have relatively large eyes. In simple terms, a bigger eye means better vision, and excellent vision is essential for avoiding collisions in flight, or for capturing fast-moving or camouflaged prey. Birds' eyes, however, are deceptive -...

Quotes by Tim Birkhead

Believe Quotes

If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what they leave in their wake may be a technical training facility or corporate research institute. But it will not be a university in the classical sense of the term,...

Quotes by Terry Eagleton

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...

Quotes by Reince Priebus

An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past.

Quotes by Pierre Corneille

After Jessica Mitford published 'The American Way of Death' in 1963, to expose the abuses in the funeral industry, a groundswell of support for government intervention followed. Under President Ronald Reagan The Funeral Rule was first enacted to protect consumers...

Quotes by Perianne Boring

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.

Quotes by Pamela Meyer

Good Quotes

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.

Quotes by Nathan Deal

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...

Quotes by Mona Eltahawy

Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.

Quotes by Michael Arndt

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.

Quotes by Marsha Blackburn

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.

Quotes by Leland Stanford

Government Quotes

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...

Quotes by Josh Hawley

This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare.

Quotes by James Forrestal

I think that there are deceptive forces out there that will try to lead us away from God, and we really do need to be careful.

Quotes by Eric Metaxas

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...

Quotes by Edmund Phelps

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.

Quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers

Life Quotes

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.

Quotes by David D. Burns

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Deceptive quotes page focus on?
This page gathers quotes about how things can seem one way while actually working differently, spanning sport, politics, literature, and science. Each quote points at a specific gap between appearance and reality.
Why do people search for quotes about being deceptive or deceived?
People search for deceptive quotes when discussing misleading strategies, appearances, or claims, whether in a game, an argument, or an idea. These quotes give language for that gap without needing a long explanation.
Is there a quote about deception in sport?
Yes, one quote calls the most deceptive course in football the one that goes straight at the goalposts, meaning the most direct approach can be the hardest to read. It applies a strategic idea from sport to deception in general.
Do any quotes touch on political leadership specifically?
One quote criticizes a party's leadership for its deceptive psyche, arguing that opposing leaders failed to grasp what was really driving that leadership. Readers focused on political integrity can also browse Government quotes.
What do these quotes say about science and deception?
One quote warns that science without respect for human life reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, one that shouldn't be excused. It treats deception here as a matter of values rather than trickery alone.

Other lines turn to ideas themselves, calling devotion to literature alone a deceptive path and warning against science practiced without respect for human life. Readers exploring trust more broadly can also see Believe quotes.