A Quote by Henry A. Kissinger

A bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.

Henry A. Kissinger

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Bluff Interpreted More Serious Seriously Taken Than Threat Useful

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Henry A. Kissinger
Born: May 27, 1923

Real talent is mixing realism with bluff. Every great artist I really respect has a certain amount of bluff; sooner or later you have to be a conjurer, and conjure images.

Terence Trent D'Arby

The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage of others. Why allow the other fellow to bluff you?

Marcus Garvey

Vinyaya was being openly antagonistic, and that was an emotion that could be trusted, unless of course it was a bluff and the commander was a secret fan of his, unless it was a double bluff and she really did feel antagonistic.

Eoin Colfer

If you never bluff, you'll rarely get called. If you bluff all the time, you'll always get called.

Phil Hellmuth

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

I do public appearances. I'm bluff, hearty, goofy. I wear loud clothes, and I read the funny bits. I occasionally get taken to task for one thing or another, and I acknowledge my fault, my flaw, my failure, and I move on.