Deceit quotes

“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough.”
Frank Crane

“- Billy Brennan: Mr. Kirby, when you climbed K2, did you base camp at twenty-five or thirty thousand feet?
- Paul Kirby: Thirty thousand feet, we were pretty close to the top.
- Billy Brennan: You were about a thousand feet above, actually.”
Alessandro Nivola - Billy Brennan
William H. Macy - Paul Kirby

“- J. Daniel Atlas: What is magic? Magic is deception, but deception designed to delight, to entertain, to inspire. It is about belief. Faith.
- Henley Reeves: Trust.
- Merritt McKinney: Without those qualities, magic as an art form would no longer exist.
- Henley Reeves: But what happens if these qualities are not used for their higher purpose?...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jesse Eisenberg - J. Daniel Atlas
Isla Fisher - Henley Reeves
Woody Harrelson - Merritt McKinney

“He took me to a private sitting room, ordered food. But... he had changed. He was full of smiles and caresses, but... I knew at once that he was insincere. I saw that I had been... an amusement for him. Nothing more. I saw all this within... five minutes of our meeting. Yet I stayed.”

Meryl Streep - Sarah

“Appearances can be deceiving, which brings me back to the reason why we're here. We're not here because we're free. We're here because we're not free. There is no escaping reason; no denying purpose. Because as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist.”
Hugo Weaving - Agent Smith

“Are you alone out here? What are you doing so deep in the jungle? Don't you know what you are?... I know what you are. I know where you came from. Poor, sweet little cub. I'll keep you clossse. Let go of your fear now... and trussst in meee...”

Scarlett Johansson - Kaa

“- Iris: How long have you been a lonely guy?
- Larry: Is it that noticeable? What is it that gave me away?
- Iris: I know phony sweat when I smell it. When you first came in, I thought you were Larry Bird.”

Judith Ivey - Iris
Steve Martin - Larry

“Lies, deceit, mixed messages... this is turning into a real marriage.”

John Travolta - Castor Troy

“- Sandor Szavost: Don't you think one of the charms of marriage is that it makes deception a necessity for both parties? May I ask why a beautiful woman who could have any man in this room wants to be married?
- Alice Harford: Why wouldn't she?
- Sandor Szavost: Is it as bad as that?
- Alice Harford: As good as that!”
Sky du Mont - Sandor Szavost
Nicole Kidman - Alice Harford

“- Blu: What's so wrong with humans?
- Roberto: Oh they lure you in... they trap you... they destroy your mind!”
Jesse Eisenberg - Blu
Bruno Mars - Roberto

“The evil men of this world have applied every method possible... to deceive its occupants. And each time with greater success than anticipated.”
Ben Chavis - Rev. Saviour

“No cat out of its first fur was ever deceived by appearances, unlike human beings, who seem to enjoy it.”
Paul Frees - The Cat

“- Marlon: The point is, I would gladly step in front of traffic for you Truman. And the last thing I would ever do to you...
- Christof: ... is lie to you.
- Marlon: ...is lie to you.”

Noah Emmerich - Marlon
Ed Harris - Christof

“This LTX-71 concealable mike is part of the same system that NASA used when they faked the Apollo Moon landings. They had the astronauts broadcast around the world from a sound stage at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernadino, California. So it worked for them, shouldn't give us too many problems.”
Dan Aykroyd - Mother

“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me... and won't get fooled again.”
Josh Brolin - George W. Bush

“- Judy Hopps: What did you do to make Mr. Big so mad at you?
- Nick Wilde: I, um, I may have sold him a very expensive wool rug that was made from the fur of a skunk, Spot.
- Judy Hopps: Oh, sweet cheese and crackers.”
Ginnifer Goodwin - Judy Hopps
Jason Bateman - Nick Wilde

“What is magic? Focused deception. But deception meant to entertain.”
Jesse Eisenberg - J. Daniel Atlas

“- Heather Donahue: Give me the compass. You've betrayed us all beyond. Way fucking beyond.
- Michael 'Mike' Williams: Bullshit. You betrayed us when you couldn't get us out of the woods last night.
- Heather Donahue: Yeah, thanks.”
Heather Donahue - Herself
Michael 'Mike' Williams - Himself

- Lorraine Broughton: I've read your file. I've also read your dog file. So let's cut the crap, shall we? This whole hungover, show-up-late, don't-know-which-way-is-up act, I'm not buying it. I trust you about as far as I can throw you.
- David Percival: "It's a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver".
- Lorraine Broughton: Niccolo Machiavelli.... (continue)(continue reading)
Charlize Theron - Lorraine Broughton
James McAvoy - David Percival

“The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.”
Jason Statham - Jake Green

“I can't jeopardize my company's success to retain an untrustworthy employee.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Lou Bloom

“- Margaret Tate: Timeout, ok? This bickering Bickerson thing has got to stop. People need to think that we are in love.
- Andrew Paxton: That's no problem. I can do that. I can pretend to be the doting fiancé. That's easy. But for you, that's going to require that you stop snacking on children while they dream.”
Sandra Bullock - Margaret Tate
Ryan Reynolds - Andrew Paxton

“- Lex Luthor: Can I call you June?
- Senator Finch: You can call me whatever you like. Take a bucket of piss and call it Granny's Peach Tea; take a weapon of assassination and call it deterrence. You won't fool a fly or me. I'm not gonna drink it.”
Jesse Eisenberg - Lex Luthor
Holly Hunter - Senator Finch

“Like every hustler, I was trapped. Cats that hung out together trying to find a solution found nothing.”

Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

- Henri Mooré: Mr. Burdett. It is a pleasure to meet you, sir.
- Max Burdett: Oh, you're American. Hmm. Henri Mooré?
- Henri Mooré: Ah, my name is Henry Moore. I place the thing on the "e". I felt it more appropriate to my surroundings.
Don Cheadle - Henri Mooré
Pierce Brosnan - Max Burdett