225 Illusion Quotes for You to Enjoy

There is no 'us' and 'them'; it's an illusion. We are all human beings, and we all have a responsibility to support one another and to discover ways of wresting the power from the very, very few people who control all the cash and all the property. Roger Waters

European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experience changed the way people referred to the glamour of battle; they treated it no longer as a positive quality but as a dangerous illusion. Virginia Postrel

Positive War Quality Experience Battle People World Dangerous Vision Illusion Changed Trenches Way Only Glamorous Glamour Longer Shattered Referred Began Nations Psychologically Realities European European Nations Treated World War World War I

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. George Orwell

Progress Illusion Slow Invariably Disappointing Happens

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. John Steinbeck

World Illusion Important Believe Must Writer He True Most Most Important Thing Knows Important Thing Doing The Most Important Hold Even Thing

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. Ludwig Borne

Truth You Losing Illusion Finding Wiser Makes Than

It's human nature to take the easy route and leap at storage methods that promise quick and convenient ways to remove visible clutter. Putting things away creates the illusion that the clutter problem has been solved. But sooner or later, all the storage units are full, and the room once again overflows with things. Marie Kondo

Nature Problem Illusion Remove Human Nature Later Once Visible Ways Has-Been Promise Easy Solved Take Putting Sooner Sooner Or Later Leap Been Methods Quick Human Convenient Storage Again Room Clutter Creates Full Away Route Things Units

The secret to film is that it's an illusion. George Lucas

Illusion Secret Movies Film

There is the illusion of the world and the reality of the Torah. Meir Kahane

Reality World Illusion Torah

Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. Philip Guston

You Illusion Painting See Magic Piece

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. Sigmund Freud

Strength Religion Illusion Our Fact Instinctual Falls Derives Desires

The secret to gaining the upper hand in a negotiation is to give the other side the illusion of control. Don't try to force your opponent to admit that you are right. Ask questions, that begin with 'How?' or 'What?' so your opponent uses mental energy to figure out the answer. Christopher Voss

You Try Illusion Control Energy Other Side Secret Negotiation Out Admit Mental Give Mental Energy Force Answer How Opponent Hand Questions Begin Upper Upper Hand Gaining Ask Your Figure Uses Right

I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there. David Knopfler

Best Wonderful Illusion Feeling Finally Tried See Magic Poetry Poets Liked Always How Tested Exhilaration Wonderful Feeling Craft Behind Just Curtain Create Used Even Now Starting

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Douglas Adams

Time Illusion Doubly Lunchtime

We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth - then it's far too late when they pass away. George Harrison

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. George Washington

Experience Pride Illusion Nation Ought Must Favors Calculate Discard Greater Real Error Cure Expect Than Just Which

Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor. Jack Nicholson

Me You Heart People Illusion Young Down Live Think Know Because Said Still Up-And-Coming Done Young Actor Deep Actor Basically

It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a scam. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an illusion of rapid global warming. John Coleman

Environmental History Political Offended Illusion Long Scam Rapid Some Data Highly Long-Term Term Global Global Warming Scientific Greatest Am Amazed Scientists Motives Manipulated Warming Create Appalled

One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. Michael Jordan

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion. Miguel de Unamuno

Love Love Is Illusion Parent Child Disillusion

I don't believe there's anything in life you can't go back and fix. The ancient Vedas - the oldest Hindu philosophy - and modern science agree that time is an illusion. If that's true, there's no such thing as a past or a future - it's all one huge now. So what you fix now affects the past and the future. Alan Arkin

Life Future Time You Science Illusion Past Believe Back Philosophy Ancient True Hindu Go Affects Huge Fix Modern Anything Modern Science Agree Now Oldest Thing

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