Jack Kerouac Quotes

I like being innocent, but know now when I am being taken for a ride.

We all have secrets. We've all kept secrets. We've had secrets kept from us, and we know how that feels.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out.

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

The best, very best scammers will always ask for your advice. This is their favorite technique. It makes them vulnerable. It flatters your ego.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

Keep an eye on him who enters announcing that what he asks is secret

Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

For men, privacy means not being told stuff that would hurt. For women, secrecy is having stuff go on behind your back.

That's the power of the good con artist: the ability to identify your deepest need and exploit it. It's not about honesty or greed; we are all suckers for belief.

You can't let everybody know your hand.

I have made calculations that would beggar your soul. What is it that villains always say at the end of stories? You and I are more alike than you think? Well,” the Marquess took September’s hand in hers and very gently kissed it. “We are. Oh, how alike we are! I feel very warmly towards you, and I only want to protect you, as I wish someone had protected me. Come, September, look out the window with me. It’s not a difficult thing. A show of faith, let’s call it.

Those that trust no one, usually end up trusting the wrong person."-Umma to Midnight

He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous.

Be careful what you show the world. You never know when the wolf is watching.

Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.

Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand.

If I told you, you might be forced to lie about it. Not that you aren't really good at it, but why put an old man in that position?

Be wary when a naked person offers you his shirt

You just let people do what they do and look at them and give them enough rope until they do what you thought they were going to do... which is screw you over.

I remember one time I tried to pity this fool. He told me his name was Jeff. He was married. He pulled out his wallet and showed me three pictures of his kids; Kelly, Robert, Brittany. Real cute kids. Don't get too close man. It's hard to pity a fool if you get too close.

All confidence placed in another is dangerous if it is not perfect, for on almost all occasions we ought to tell everything or to conceal everything. We have already told too much of our secret, if one single circumstance is to be kept back.

There is none deceived but he that trusts.