Ian McDonald famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • White in the moon the long road lies.

  • I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book.

  • The Bible says, 'The truth shall make you free.' But let's not forget it was Spiro Agnew who said that a good lie will keep you out of jail in the first place.

  • Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I'll shoot him under the table." Han (to Leia)

  • It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world.

  • Don't fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it.

  • Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. Theyre all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. Theyre tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.

  • There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

  • We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.

  • Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in some way, to be deceived.