#trick

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#another #desires #find #men #moment

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion. ↗

— William H. Macy

#believer #character #collusion #firm #firm believer

Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.' ↗

— Bill Maher

#big #bush #case #destroy #i

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#anatomy #because #direct #dirty #experience

We dominated Survivor - there is no way we would not dominate that, too. I can see it already, us making deals with people. That's the best part, and with the Race, it would be even more fun because I've got a lot of tricks up my sleeve. ↗

— Rob Mariano

#because #best #best part #deals #dominate

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me. ↗

— Marc Maron

#i #make #me #next #trick

Tricks you need to transform something which appears fantastic, unbelievable into something plausible, credible, those I learned from journalism. The key is to tell it straight. It is done by reporters and by country folk. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#country #credible #done #fantastic #folk

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#achieve #continuation #dirty #love is #only

Putting two songs together, I've always loved that trick when it works. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#i #loved #putting #songs #together

I was terrified of the Vietnam War when I was 13. I thought I was going. The draft was such an ominous thing, I felt as if it was going to trickle down to me. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#draft #felt #going #i #me