Mardy Grothe Quotes

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

We have a never sated appetite for self deception.

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.

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

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.

It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.

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

Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.

We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

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

I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.

Belief is a deception you play upon yourself.

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

I think the easiest people to fool are ourselves. Fooling ourselves may even be a necessary precondition for fooling others.

He tells so many lies that he convinces himself after a while that he's telling the truth. He just doesn't recognize truth or falsehood.

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

Our capacity for self-deception has no known limits

I tell myself lies and soon I believe them.

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.

In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts, I'm going with the truth.'

We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves

If people tell an untruth long enough and loud enough, they begin to believe it themselves.

The worst deluded are the self-deluded.

The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone's comfort