#delusions

There's nothing easier to control than a person who trusts you. They place their hope in your hands. They place their respect in your hands. What is truly fearsome about such delusional admiration, is the betrayal that you don't see, hidden within the white void of truth. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#betrayal #delusions #respect

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself. ↗

— Jane Wagner

#better #delusions #feel #grandeur #lot

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#delusions #events #every #false #into

He had delusions of adequacy. ↗

— Walter Kerr

#delusions #had

I did not have any delusions of grandeur as a kid. ↗

— Jimmy Kimmel

#delusions #did #grandeur #i #kid

Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.' ↗

— Arthur Smith

#backwards #better #book #delusions #excellent

Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions. ↗

— Tony Kushner

#respect

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation. ↗

— Thomas Reed

#delusions #evils #greatest #hope #legislation

Most people are good and occasionally do something they know is bad. Some people are bad and struggle every day to keep it under control. Others are corrupt to the core and don’t give a damn, as long as they don’t get caught. But evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it’s good. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#delusions #evil #good #struggle

When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world. ↗

— Jack Black

#down #fastest #got #guy #i