Being deceptive just means that you are fooling yourself first. These quotes about being sneaky capture the type of characteristics behind deceit.
“A circle of friends, doesn’t always keep perfect relationships.”
“America is not a wily, sneaky nation. We don’t think that way. We don’t think much at all, thank God.”
“As much as we don’t want to except it, there is a time limit to the best life God tries to offer you.”
“Bausch is a wonderful storyteller. He’s a mature writer who has a lot of confidence in the quality of character. He doesn’t need to hook you with a sneaky plot and zany characters.”
“Be open in everything with your partner, because where there is secrecy, it can mistakenly come off as being sneaky; where you just may be innocently quiet.”
“Be prepared. A dog is adorable and noble. A dog is a true and loving friend. A dog is also a hedonist.”
“Being dead means never having to do anything sneaky.”
“Being sneaky is the easiest way to get cut off.”
“But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn’t bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.”
“Conflicts of interest’ arise when you’re not – when you’re sneaky about it, when you’re shady about it, when you’re not transparent about it.”
“Drama can be an addiction. It’s so, so sneaky. Jealousy – all of those things can really send you in a lot of different crazy directions. Christian Slater”
“Every lie is two lies — the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it.”
“Females are better at being sneaky and lying so I say they are less trust worthy than men, specially these days!”
“Girls need to learn to have each others backs instead of always being sneaky and knieving towards each other.”
“Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain’t lawful tender for a loaf of bread.”
“Honey, if the man is that dense, you can drag that cot he been sleepin’ on into your room, nab his clothes, and lay in wait for him. When he comes lookin’ for his things, lock the door and settle the matter once and for all.”
“I didn’t tell you this because I’m sure you would’ve changed your mind about the dress.”
“I don’t do well with over friendly people, they’re either getting ran all over or they are being sneaky.”
“I don’t like spiders, man, just because they are sneaky – they just really scare me. They are hairy – ugh.”
“I have learned that documentary makers are incredibly sneaky people.”
“I love the idea of a beautiful neighborhood that represents the very best of American values, but also as a fun backdrop to some darker, deliciously sneaky things going on in people’s lives.”
“I notice a lot, I just act like I’m not paying attention… it’s my little way of being sneaky.”
“I’d be a terrible secret agent. I can’t keep a secret and I’m not sneaky.”
“If I had been trying to take the job away from him in a sneaky, underhand manner, then I deserved all I got. But it was the other way around. I was trying to get him the job.”
“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.”
“If your child is being sneaky and not getting caught, you aren’t doing you’re job as a parent.”
“It is often very useful for others to think you less intelligent than you are,” Benedict said, his tone amused.”It works particularly well against those who aren’t as intelligent as you in the first place.”
“Just wanted you to know I hate you , and you should learn not to post things on social networks when being sneaky.”
“Machiavelli did believe that it was better to appear to be good than to be good. If you’re good, you’re just too vulnerable, but if you appear to be good, you get all the benefits plus you can be sneaky and, when necessary, stab someone in the back.”
“Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.”
“Sneaky would be a lime-green Volkswagen. Nobody would suspect the assassins in the lime-green Volkswagen.”
“Take charge of hidden, sneaky sources of chronic inflammation that can trigger illness and disease by wearing comfortable shoes daily, getting an annual flu vaccine, and asking your doctor why you’re not on a statin and baby aspirin if you’re over the age of forty.”
“Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don’t care. We are all sneaks now.”
“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.”
“The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.”
“The opportunity was too perfect to miss. Harry crept silently around behind Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, bent down, and scooped a large handful of mud out of the path.”
“The thing about women is that they got liberated too fast. They never learned to be straightforward about life because they had to sneak around for about a thousand years tricking men into doing things they wanted.”
“When I met Millie, she was a hugger. She hugged over everything. I didn’t. We came to an agreement that hugs are reserved for prolonged partings and death.”
“With lies you may get ahead in the world — but you can never go back.”
It takes a long path of trust to recover from a track record of deception.
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