“The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some l...” — Dorothy L. Sayers Quote

“The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.”

“There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited.”

“How can I find the words? Poets have taken them all and left me with nothing to say or do”

“Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject.”

“Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.”

“See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ... is the one fundamental treason which the scholar's mind must not allow is the bond uniting all the Oxford people in the last resort.”

“Negative thinking is subtle and deceptive. It wears many faces and hides behind the mask of excuses. It is important to strip away the mask and discover the real, root emotion.”

“My speed as a tall guy is deceptive. You look at me and I might not look fast, but when I go out and play, people are left scratching their heads like 'Where did that come from?'”

“It is high time the TRS leaders understood the deceptive psyche of the Congress party and its leadership.”

“The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.”

“My face is so slim that it is the most deceptive part of my body. Looking at my face, people think I am a very thin and delicate person.”

“Goalkeeper is a deceptive position. From the outside, you can't understand how much pressure there is.”