David Wong Quotes

The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.

It is the greatest art of the devil to convince us he does not exist.

Devils so work that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real.

The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches.

The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.

It was the heart of any scam or fiddle -- keep the punter uncertain, or, if he is certain, make him certain of the wrong thing.

Like an audience entertained by a magician, we allow ourselves to be deceived by those with a stake in persuading us to ignore reality.

Like a stage magician, the con artist misdirects suspicion. While everyone’s watching for him to pull a rabbit out of a hat, he’s actually sawing a girl in half. You think he’s doing one trick when he’s actually doing another. You think that I’m dying, but I’m laughing at you.

Tell the truth or trump-but get the trick.

The effect is delusion, and therefore the cause must be delusion.

Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand

The greater your powers of self-delusion, the greater will be the apparent efficacy of this untruth.

The Devil will use our words and his dictionary.

That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.

To be believed make the truth unbelievable.

The devil is everywhere under the skin of things, searching for a way into the light.

We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none.

Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way.

You don’t knock on the devil’s door, boy, unless you want him to answer. (Ravyn)

Economic theorists should not make such a production about taking a rabbit out of a hat after having put the rabbit into the hat in full view of the audience.

But a myth, to speak plainly, to me is like a menu in a fancy French restaurant: glamorous, complicated camouflage for a fact you wouldn't otherwise swallow, like maybe lima beans.

You know how in football, guys throw defenses, and the defense throws you a look, but the look is not really what it is - it's only made to fool you. It's the same thing with drugs. The drug is only an illusion to draw you in.

Behind the cross is the devil.

Where there's smoke, there's bound to be mirrors.

Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.