Moss Hart Quotes

A form of self-delusion.

The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to one's self.

You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all.

Of all forms of deception self-deception is the most deadly, and of all deceived persons the self-deceived are the least likely to discover the fraud.

Our capacity for self-deception has no known limits

We have a never sated appetite for self deception.

I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

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

It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.

I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious.

Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of reality.

The human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering.

One theme we look at is what psychologists call motivated reasoning; lay people refer to it as self-deception, wishful thinking or rationalization. The list of creative ways people have for reaching conclusions they wish to reach and dismissing conclusions they find threatening is amazing. We've shown that it goes down even to the level of visual perception: You literally see what you want to see.

To deceive ones selfe is very easie.

We humans, you see, have an infinite capacity for self-rationalization.

The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.

Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible.

The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

How much rationality and higher protection there is in such self-deception, and how much falseness I still require in order to allow myself again and again the luxury of my sincerity.

My life is devoted to self-delusion - and I have a great capacity for that - but it's the thing that gives me the most pleasure, so I can't complain about it.

I do think that sometimes you can invent more palatable or digestible reasons versions or reasons, when perhaps you don't want to admit the truth to yourself, and sometimes we deceive ourselves - along with others - about our reasons and motives.