Con Artist Quotes

• I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't.

  John Lithgow

  Real, Believe, Artist

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• Who is going to believe a con artist? Everyone, if she is good.

  Andy Griffith

  Believe, Artist, Scams

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• All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.

  H. L. Mencken

  Funny, Men, Differences

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• Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.

  Unknown

  Religious, Stupid People, Men

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• And I think it's because good cons are all based on the victim's need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess, who can exploit that. I remember reading something about this, that one of the great traits of confidence tricksters is the level that they flatter their victim.

  Alfred Molina

  Reading, Successful, Artist

  Interview With Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. October 29, 2009.

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• Like a stage magician, the con artist misdirects suspicion. While everyone’s watching for him to pull a rabbit out of a hat, he’s actually sawing a girl in half. You think he’s doing one trick when he’s actually doing another. You think that I’m dying, but I’m laughing at you.

  Holly Black

  Girl, Artist, Thinking

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.144, Hachette UK

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• Donald Trump has the benefit of the fact that he's dominated media coverage, I mean, literally dominated media coverage because of the outrageous things he says and so forth. That's going to end here. There's going to be real fight now for the heart and soul of the Republican Party and the conservative movement. And it is not - I will do whatever it takes to prevent it from being taken over by a con artist.

  Marco Rubio

  Real, Party, Taken

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think. It cannot be replaced by one's power to deceive. The self-confidence of a scientist and the self-confidence of a con man are not interchangeable states, and do not come from the same psychological universe. The success of a man who deals with reality augments his self-confidence. The success of a con man augments his panic.

  Ayn Rand

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Men

  "The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z".

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• Donald Trump is a world-class con artist. He conned all these people that signed up for Trump University. Now he's trying to do the same thing to Republican voters. He's trying to convince them that somehow he's the guy that is going to stand up to illegal immigration, but he hires illegal immigrants, that he's fighting for American workers, but he's hiring foreign workers for his hotels, that he's going to bring back jobs from China and from Mexico, but, in fact, he's creating jobs in China and Mexico, because that's where all of his suits and ties that he sells are made.

  Marco Rubio

  Jobs, Fighting, Artist

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for nothing. Marks think they can get what they don’t deserve and could never deserve. Marks are stupid and pathetic and sad. Marks think they’re going to go home one night and have the girl they’ve loved since they were a kid suddenly love them back. Marks forget that whenever something’s too good to be true, that’s because it’s a con.

  Holly Black

  Girl, Stupid, Home

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• And if you were a very sophisticated con artist, what would you do to convince people that you were from the future? What benefits would that give you? For us, it's also a question of, "Is she or isn't she?" That's really a major part of the movie.

  Zal Batmanglij

  Artist, People, Giving

  Source: collider.com

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• But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.

  Ally Carter

  Lying, Artist, Hard

  Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.88, Hachette UK

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• Donald Trump is not going to be the nominee, because we are not going to allow - people will wake up and we're not going to allow a con artist to take over the party of [Abraham] Lincoln and [Ronald] Reagan.

  Marco Rubio

  Party, Artist, People

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Con artists are using Obamacare confusion to sign people up for fake health insurance. The scammers lure victims with false promises like, 'If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep your healthcare plan.' The scammers will tell you that, so you have to be careful.

  Jay Leno

  Artist, Obamacare, People

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• The real con artist is Senator Marco Rubio who was elected in Florida and who has the worst voting record in the United States Senate. He doesn't go to vote. He's absent.

  Donald Trump

  Real, Artist, Florida

  Transcript of the Republican Presidential Debate in Detroit, www.nytimes.com. March 4, 2016.

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• I’ve been a con artist since I was 16 and trying to get my dad to buy me a car. I never succeeded, but I learnt a lot of tactics.

  Matt Bomer

  Dad, Artist, Car

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• Don King was good to me through my years as champion, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. He's a wheeler dealer and you've got to be careful. He's a great con artist.

  Larry Holmes

  Kings, Artist, Years

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• Marco Rubio is one of those people. How does that work? How can you call him a con artist and dangerous, and object to all the controversial things he says, and then say, but I`m still going to vote for him? Come on, man.

  Barack Obama

  Artist, Men, People

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Florida is not going to vote for a con artist like Donald Trump.

  Marco Rubio

  Artist, Florida, Vote

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Anybody who severs their own Achilles tendon, takes blood thinners to induce a hospital stay , or beats themselves with their fists hurts themselves as much, if not more, than they benefit from the attention they derive from their actions. Con artists usually benefit from misleading others without sacrificing anything themselves. All my girls have sacrificed plenty.

  Janice Erlbaum

  Girl, Hurt, Sacrifice

  Source: therumpus.net

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• You called me a natural con artist and asked me what other secrets I was hiding. I didn't answer because I already knew, in some deep, primal way, what furtive truth you were referring to: That I was destined to fall in love with you.

  Megan McCafferty

  Falling In Love, Love You, Artist

  Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.1018, Crown

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• Even though Hubbard is dead, his business still repeats his lies, ... and in my opinion the proposed Act should also punish businesses and organizations that repeat such falsehoods. It is a gross insult to American men and women who have actually been wounded and who have actually earned the medals and awards that frauds and con-artists falsely claim.

  David Rice

  Lying, Artist, Men

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• I did a film [about a con-artist mom and son] called Bringing Up Bobby that Famke Janssen wrote and directed. No one's gonna hire me for their [big-budget] romantic comedy, so it's up to me to look out for great indie comedies and show people a different side of myself - even if it's for three people outside of my family.

  Milla Jovovich

  Mom, Son, Artist

  Interview with AVC, www.avclub.com. October 8, 2010.

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• I feel a lot of sympathy for the young women I've written about, including Younger Janice. I think that all of them (me in Girlbomb, Samantha in Have You Found Her, and Elizabeth in I, Liar) had some early family trauma that contributed to their dysfunctional methods of dealing with the world, but I wouldn't call them/myself victims - survivors, maybe, but not victims. Nor do I think of them/myself as con artists.

  Janice Erlbaum

  Liars, Artist, Thinking

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed, while con-artist kids like Venus, and Camille, and Gemma get believed. But the rescue lady noticed. In the background, just observing, she noticed.

  Wendelin Van Draanen

  Kids, Artist, Play

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