Confidence Man

The term "confidence man" may refer to:

  • A practitioner of confidence tricks
  • The Confidence-Man, novel by Herman Melville
  • The Confidence Man (film), 1924 silent film directed by Victor Heerman
  • "Confidence Man" (Lost), television-series episode
  • Confidence Man (album), by Matt Pryor
See also
  • The Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man, a.k.a. Confessions of Felix Krull, novel by Thomas Mann
  • Con Man (disambiguation)


Famous quotes containing the words confidence and/or man:

    “Whoever deliberately attempts to insure confidentiality with another person is usually in doubt as to whether he inspires that person’s confidence in him. One who is sure that he inspires confidence attaches little importance to confidentiality.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)