George Jean Nathan Quotes

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.

Jesters do often prove prophets.

Seeing through is rarely seeing into.

I delight not in spreading any thing mysterious, for I consider it all lost time; but the things that all of us can see and know if we will.

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

A hair divides what is false and true.

But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

If I'm talking to you, I can't see you, but I can see inside of you and what you're thinking. That's a mixed blessing.

I can tell very quickly when people are lying.

There is no such thing as women's intuition. You all just have crap poker faces.

You can't fool children.

If you look like you're hiding something, we're more likely to swipe left.

I cut through the nonsense with the blinding light of truth.

You can’t go on “seeing through” things forever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it. To “see through” all things is the same as not to see.

The unclouded eye was better, no matter what it saw.

The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.

When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

And you'll sit beside me, and we'll look, not at visions, but at realities.

Knowing many things doesn't teach insight.

I'd like to be invisible. To be anonymous and see things for what they really are. The truth may be painful but it's probably useful!

An illusion dissipated is an experience gained.

I don't try to be clever at all. The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion.