“Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.”

“Companies die because their managers focus on the economic activity of producing goods and services, and they forget that their organizations' true nature is that of a community of humans.”

Arie de Geus (1930) Dutch businessman

“Just because a poet said something didn’t mean it was true, only that it sounded good.”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

“Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology

“A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

“The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he's getting it.”

Ken Kesey book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

“Don't forget this, too: Rumors aren't interested in the unsensational story; rumors don't care what's true.”

John Irving In One Person

“She wanted to crawl into his arms and be soothed, and soothe him in return, and forget all the grand ideas she’d ever had about true love, and the necessity for it. Because true love was a load of baloney. Finding a good friend…a good friend who trusted you…was more than enough.”

M. K. Hobson book The Native Star

“You’re working something, and I should have you arrested for impersonating a con man.”

Adam Rakunas American author

“It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.”

Matthew Henry (1662–1714) Theologician from Wales