Deceptive Quotations

Compared with mammals, birds have relatively large eyes. In simple terms, a bigger eye means better vision, and excellent vision is essential for avoiding collisions in flight, or for capturing fast-moving or camouflaged prey. Birds' eyes, however, are deceptive - they are bigger than they look.

'What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal' was thrilling in its light, deceptive tone, its subtle but irresistible momentum.

The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.

We need to hold Wall Street accountable for issuing the kinds of deceptive loans that nearly brought our economy to its knees in 2008.

I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.

Few things are more deceptive than memories.

We want them to know that the borderless Internet marketplace is not a free zone. Together with our partners, we are putting get-rich-quick schemes on notice that we're monitoring the Web and that we intend to take law enforcement action against those that continue to make fraudulent or deceptive claims.

There are many cases where there is no notice and consent. There are others where there is deceptive notice and consent.

MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing.So plain the advantages of machination It constitutes a moral obligation, And honest wolves who think upon't with loathing Feel bound to don the sheep's deceptive clothing. So prospers still the diplomatic art, And Satan bows, with hand upon his heart. --R.S.K.

Looks are so deceptive that people should be done up like food packages with the ingredients clearly labeled

Seniors can be vulnerable to deceptive sales practices in the financial services arena. Sometimes, seniors are specifically targeted by bad actors who try to use scare tactics to sell fraudulent or inappropriate financial products.

Sending people a check is a totally deceptive way to sell a product. If you want to sell a product, send a nice brochure explaining why it's a good deal. You shouldn't have to trick people into buying it.

Mike's a unique runner. It's deceptive to look at him because you're not aware of the determination and talent he possesses. He's made us a strong team in cross country and track.

Only during a 70-17 victory over Arkansas could one player be text messaging friends while two others spoke to fans in the stands during the fourth quarter at the Coliseum. Of course, two awful opponents might create a deceptive impression.

If they're soliciting to people saying they're not receiving any federal reimbursement . . . that seems like we may have an issue with them being deceptive with donors. But I don't want to criticize them for being successful in figuring out how the system works.

He has a lot more power, deceptive power, a lot more than you see on film. He's strong, he has the speed to get outside. I think he got some tough yards inside today. That's for sure.

When he was younger he took a real beating in the games, but this year he used his head more and was able to turn some of that attention from the other teams into opportunities for us. He's a very deceptive skater. When he looked tired and got the puck he was able to explode to the goal.

We think that it very well is deceptive to say it bans human cloning when, in fact, it allows human cloning for biomedical research.

What you see above is not simply sloppy polling; it's a direct manipulation of the survey to create their desired results. The voters in Houston deserve to know about these deceptive antics to manipulate these polls.

He's a great goal scorer. I think he has deceptive speed. Technically I think he's gifted. He's got the complete package. He just lacks the experience at this level. We don't want to rush the situation.

His speed is very deceptive once he catches the ball. He can beat you vertically and has the toughness and willingness to play special teams, too.

I thought the first set was really good, especially getting that early break. He's a very deceptive player.

I think that's going to be a big challenge to us. And (their) wing-T offense is very deceptive offense.

Mark's definitely a dual threat. He's got very good accuracy and he has deceptive speed. He can pull the ball down and run with it. He can gain a lot of yards in a hurry because he can flat get on down the road.

I think he's a player who has multiple gears, and he's a deceptive guy. He clearly can score goals, he can finish, he can set up plays, ... All of us who were in Traverse City are anxious to see him here.

Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.

When the ball goes up in the air, (Hazleton's) going to come down with it. He reminds me a lot of Michael Irvin in the fact that he's got deceptive speed, he's a guy that's not afraid to go over the middle and it takes more than one person to tackle him.

We focus our enforcement actions on operations that are behaving in the most fraudulent and deceptive fashion.

Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive.

Appearances are deceptive.

We keep discovering additional methods Sony used to deceive Texas consumers who thought they were simply buying music. Thousands of Texans are now potential victims of this deceptive game Sony played with consumers for its own purposes.

We are speaking to groups throughout the state, reminding them to vote 'NO' to weakening term limits. This ballot initiative has been tainted from the start. The outcome will be meaningless because the electorate has been presented with a deceptive question.

There are initiatives in place to deter counterfeiters and those who sell fraudulent or phony products to prevent or treat avian flu. The use of unproven flu cures and treatments increases the risk of catching and spreading the flu rather than lessening it because people assume they are protected and safe and they aren't. I consider it a public health hazard when people are lured into using bogus treatments based on deceptive or fraudulent medical claims.

Facing batters who are swinging the bat gave me a chance to see whether I'm being deceptive with my pitches. The best thing was having an umpire behind the plate for the first time. It gave me a better read about what I'm doing instead of having coaches tell me my pitches look good.

There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night, and sometimes the glimmer seemed to be far away upon the horizon and sometimes it might have been within a few yards of us.

There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious fact.

This was essentially an organization that was willing to be a one-stop-shop for illegal goods. We seized more than $4 million of highly deceptive currency. It's the largest seizure of its kind.

What's deceptive about a good changeup as far as a hitter's concerned is the arm motion. If he delivers it with the same arm motion and same arm speed that he does the fastball, it will be a very effective pitch for him.

With fMRI, there were, consistently, unique areas of the brain -- and more of them -- that were activated during the deceptive process than during truth telling.

A simple overhearing of information in an elevator, if that's what really happened, doesn't amount to a deceptive misappropriation.

First of all, ... if you just opt out, you're protecting your information from being shared with telemarketers who use deceptive scripts to trick you into ordering junky products. If this decision is upheld, you're also protecting your Social Security number from being shared with information brokers and that might protect you from identity theft and stalking.

These applications are deceptive and unfair to consumers, bad for businesses that rely on efficient networks to do their jobs and bad for online retailers that need consumers to trust and enjoy their online experience.

These defendants intentionally used personal messages as a cover-up for commercial messages. Deceptive subject lines and headers not only violate the CAN-SPAM Act, but also consumer trust.

The sort of deceptive lull the past two months of the attacks was mainly because of the sustained effort on our part to stop terrorist activity and to prevent suicide and homicide bombings from coming out of the territories or out of Gaza. Had we not taken this campaign we would have had many suicide and homicide bombings like the one we experienced today in Haifa.

Sam reminds me of Glen Johnson. His record is deceptive but this is his opportunity.

The national leadership of SNAP has never taken this extreme position before and obviously we don't do it lightly. Cardinal George has been secretive, deceptive and irresponsible.

You may say that the Iraqis are overcompensating for Saddam's deceptive pro-Arab slogans. This does not justify what is happening, but might explain it. Saddam used to give the Arabs privileges in Iraq while depriving the Iraqis of similar privileges. There is a reaction in the street and it should be contained. We cannot turn our backs on our Arab milieu.

This deceptive or perceived scare tactic method to renew a magazine is at best unfair and at worst illegal.

This agreement sends a message that intrusive and deceptive practices will not be tolerated,

A lot of people don't respect him, but I do. I know what he's capable of doing. He's a tough guy. He can shoot the ball. He's deceptive when he drives. It isn't a shock to me. I just think overall on the defensive end we didn't do a good job of being aware and alert on some of that stuff.

A big, bold pattern on the floor is more deceptive than one on the wall. There is no way of knowing what it will look like in a room without rolling it out there. Sometimes things recede, and sometimes they just jump off the floor.

It was definitely a little bit better match than the last match we played in Hawaii. We were able to accomplish some things offensively ... to have a deceptive offense, a better offense.

It's a deceptive final score. It was obviously a very difficult game. It's not easy against a team like Golden State because they are so explosive.

It's a really active downhill. I like how it starts off with two challenging jumps. It's a deceptive course because your speed's not that fast, but it feels like you're going fast.

The North can be a deceptive place; it is not a done deal

That's really a deceptive message. It confuses the public, and at this point it is just not helpful to add confusion.

It's deceptive because people think they're talking to a regular person when they're really talking to a shill, ... That's the whole point, that shills have to disclose that they're shills.

It's being called the '65 percent solution,' but we regard it as really 100 percent deception. It's a shameful and deceptive effort to distract people from the real issues facing students and schools.

It was a deceptive final score. It was obviously a very difficult game. Our bench struggled, but the guys that started held it together. Anthony Johnson played just a tremendous all around game. He's really playing at a high level right now. He is getting the job done, simply as that.

In a case of deceptive marketing gone wild, consumers were enrolled in a program of monthly deliveries without their knowledge. That's out of bounds. If you sign consumers up for an ongoing plan without their permission, we'll do our best to unwind the transaction.

I support safeguarding users' personally identifiable information and sensitive data like health or financial records. I also believe the government has a responsibility to punish deceptive and unfair practices that defy reasonable expectations about consumers' privacy.

Becky is our quarterback. She?s going to be our link between the defense and attack. She is very deceptive and great with the ball at her feet. Becky?s a competitor.

By preying on those who can least afford to lose their money, this operation is doing little more than stealing, ... These unscrupulous business practices must be stopped, and victims of these unfair and deceptive acts should be made whole.

Nothing is as deceptive as a photograph.

Too great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.

He's not the prototype tailback because he doesn't have quite the field vision or shake to him that the really good tailbacks have. But he has deceptive speed. We ran the legs off him, so he can take a pounding. He's very durable.

He's got a real funky motion that's deceptive to hitters.

Novelty is both delightful and deceptive.

Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.

Despair is as hollow and deceptive as hope!

Pictures can be pretty deceptive.

The permanent campaign is inherently deceptive.

Truth is more deceptive than falsehood, for it is more frequently presented by those from whom we do not expect it, and so has against it a numerical presumption.

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.