Conning Quotes

• The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.

  James Wolcott

  Peace, Lying, War

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• There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Thinking, Our Society

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• Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy.

  Maggie Gyllenhaal

  Couple, Hype, Littles

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• Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!

  Tom Peters

  Leader, Principles, Peter

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• We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?

  Guy Ritchie

  Realizing

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• Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.

  Ryan Holiday

  Pleasure, Satisfying

  Ryan Holiday (2012). “Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator”, p.39, Penguin

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• Do something about your life now. You know you are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Don't just think about it, look at it, and complain about it to whoever will listen. Stop conning yourself into being a volunteer victim, or telling the same old story. You are better than that. It's time to stand up for yourself and your dream. This is the one and only life that you have. Don't waste it watching someone's life - on tv, in a movie, a series or reality show. Take your power back and make a move. Live your life on your terms, and create something new in your life. You Deserve!

  Les Brown

  Dream, Moving, Tired

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• Were all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.

  Christian Bale

  Way, One Way

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• Star Wars is not entertainment. Star Wars is George Lucas masturbating to a picture of Joseph Campbell and conning billions of people into watching the money shot.

  John Scalzi

  Stars, War, People

  John Scalzi (2010). “Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008”, p.120, Macmillan

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• Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of torment with myself and self doubt, thinking 'I'm useless' and 'Who am I, conning myself into thinking I can do it again.'

  Imogen Heap

  Thinking, Self, Doubt

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• I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right.

  Tony Blair

  Thinking, Matter, Sometimes

  "Tony Blair: How I became Prime Minister of the world". Interview with John Rentoul, www.independent.co.uk. October 28, 2013.

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• Alan: Conning people out of their savings. Forgery. Blackmail. Selling real estate on Mars. We could have it all. You with me, Bambi?" Sin: "Clive, I was with you from 'I'm a social worker.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Real, People, Saving

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• it is either make this thing permanent inside of you or forever just climb draggled up into the conning tower every time for one short glimpse of the horizon.

  Tom Wolfe

  Forever, Glimpse, Towers

  Tom Wolfe (2008). “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test”, p.375, Macmillan

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• Girls gave sex to get love and boys gave love to get sex and conning girls was the favorite indoor sport.

  Merle Shain

  Girl, Sports, Sex

  Merle Shain (1973). “Some Men Are More Perfect Than Others”

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