Quotes about Illusion

If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.

If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.

When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.

In Into the Woods, Cinderella runs from her prince, Rapunzel is thrown from a tower for her prince, and Sleeping Beauty just thought she was getting coffee with Bill Cosby.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

My faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened.

Any given man sees only a tiny portion of the total truth, and very often, in fact almost perpetually, he deliberately deceives himself about that little precious fragment as well.

The hallmark of the fraudulent is that it becomes what you would like it to be.

The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

But one jailer had heard that Houdini was coming, and the jailer was ready. When Houdini closed the cell door, the jailer put the key in the lock and secretly turned it in the wrong direction. He then removed the key, and everyone watched as Houdini struggled to escape—by unknowingly locking himself in repeatedly. Finally, in frustration, Houdini admitted he could not escape. The jailer then revealed his deception. Houdini had believed a lie, and the lie had held him captive.

A lie believed as truth will affect you as if it were true.

One works hard to prop up an illusion that sucks the life out of them, and the other works hard to make their home a place that restores them, nurtures them, and gives life to others.