Illusion is the first of the pleasures
Voltaire
Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world
Arnold Newman
We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy
Cyril Connolly
An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground
Christopher Martin-Wieland
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back
Carl Sagan
However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
John D. Rockefeller
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
Judy Garland
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
Judy Garland
I didn't know there were so many gay people out there. Everywhere, they turn up. More importantly, I think I'm amazed how people everywhere have had the sensitivity to want to get into the complexity of the issue, the probability of love, the illusion of love, all those things. It's not simple things you can categorize as right or wrong.
Ang Lee
If it was a truly independent board, I'd be happier about it. As it is now, it creates the illusion that both parties in the state are of equal strength and that's not the case.
Paul Berendt
If you've chosen egocentricity for your career path than you've chosen to live with the illusion that your surroundings will serve you continuously.
Martin Dansky
I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Sydney Smith