Best 280 quotes in «delusion quotes» category

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.

Ideation without execution is delusion

I don't have any delusions. I don't think I would make it through Navy SEAL training.

Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions.

Im busy doing my job, and being a loudmouth doesnt appeal to me as much as when I was younger and had the youthful delusion that I was smarter than everybody else.

I don't make art with grandiose delusions. I do know there are limits to what art is capable of. That makes it all the more appealing to me. And I can do as I will whenever I choose.

I keep working under the delusion that someday a library will ask for my manuscripts.

I'm sure that you psychotic necro-wannabes with delusions of godhood are all about sharing with your fellow maniacs.

In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane.

I don't have the delusion that I'm the best or have the right answer. Whenever someone is out there pissed at you or me, they don't even know you or I. What they are really pissed at is themselves. You might have total respect for them but they don't respect themselves.

If your going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones.

It's hard to differentiate between a vision and a delusion - both cause you to see things that no one else sees.

In the long run our boasted control of nature is a delusion.

It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth.

Irrational beliefs are culturally accepted delusions.

It is a popular delusion that the scientific enquirer is under an obligation not to go beyond generalisation of observed facts...but anyone who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond the facts, rarely get as far.

It was my delusion and naivety that brought me here.

It's only before realities set in that we can treasure our delusions.

Multiplicity is a delusion. Unity is the Reality.

Learning a language represents training in the delusions of that language.

Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur.

My delusion outweighs my talent by far and it always will, because if it doesn't, then there's no point in living.

It took the real thing to show you the size of your delusions.

Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.

Nick’s right, you are psychotic. (Talon) The correct term is sociopathic and yes, I am. But at least I have no delusions about myself. (Zarek) Meaning? (Talon) Take your meaning wherever you can find it. (Zarek)

Never underestimate the human capacity for delusion.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

Objectivity is a subject's delusion that observing can be done without him.

Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the 'me,' and to see that the idea that there is a 'me,' which is distinct from things, is a delusion.

Nondistraction means not being lost in subtle undercurrents of delusion or indifferent stupor.

Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer.

Paranoia is the delusion that your enemies are organized.

Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue.

One of the most persistent of all delusions is the conviction that the source of our dissatisfaction lies outside ourselves.

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.

Our part is to pursue with steadiness what is right, turning neither to right nor left for the intrigues or popular delusions of the day, assured that the public approbation will in the end be with us.

Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions.

Strong delusions travel like cold germs on a sneeze.

Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.

That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.

The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.

Space enthusiasts are the most susceptible demographic to delusion that I have ever seen.

The best you can hope for in this life is that your delusions are benign and your compulsions have utility.

The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.

The fundamental delusion of human beings is the belief that we exist separately and independently from the rest of the universe.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here (pointing to himself) and you are out there.

There is no excuse for falling into delusion, which is so contrary to the Word of God.

The God Delusion makes me embarrassed to be an atheist, and the McGraths show why.