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Quotes About Lie

In the library I felt better, words you could trust and look at till you understood them, they couldn't change half way through a sentence like people, so it was easier to spot a lie.
~ Jeanette Winterson
Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth?
~ Elie Wiesel
He said likewiseThat a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies,That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright,But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
That's sin, [...] leavin' on a lie.
~ Alice Childress
I could have lied. I could have fought. But desperate times call for desperate measures, so I took a chance and called upon a Gallagher Girl's weapon of last resort. I flirted
~ Ally Carter
Oh.' I shot upright. 'I was in Mongolia.' Note to self: learn to be a less extreme liar.
~ Ally Carter
The Operative tried to implement the Purusey breathing technique, which has been proven effective at fooling polygraphs. There is no conclusive evidence as to whether it is effective at masking the internal lie detectors of fifteen-year-old boys.
~ Ally Carter
I smile. I lie.
~ Ally Carter
Podría parecer que en los USA la mentira sea el mal por excelencia, si puedo expresarlo así. Sin duda soy muy europea: la mentira sólo me ofusca si perjudica a alguien. En este caso, no veo a quién puede perjudicar. Algunos
~ Amelie Nothomb
The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted.
~ Walid Jumblatt
Nothing has prepared me better for working with Marvel than playing tabletop games with my friends. It definitely taught me how to have a good poker face. You have to hide your hand - and sometimes lie.
~ Kate Herron
This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.
~ Jon Voight
Do you know who the real hypocrite is? It's the federal government and the Justice Department. It's a fraud; it's a lie. They have no interest in the education of black children. They are only interested in the politics of it.
~ James Meredith
Film is drama. You've only two hours, so you lie by exclusion, and try to make up for it by portraying the environment.
~ Shekhar Kapur
Why is it that Michael Flynn, who evidently has a great relationship with Putin, who has received payments for so-called speeches and who's spent a lot of time in Russia and was accused of talking about sanctions, he lied about it, and he got caught?
~ Maxine Waters
I know you want me to say it . . . it's in the script, you want me to say Lie down on the bed, you're all I ever wanted and worth dying for, too . . .
~ Richard Siken
I don't concern myself about articles of faith, but I will not tolerate it, if a cleric (Pfaffe) concerns himself with earthly matters. The organized lie must somehow be broken, so that the state is absolute lord.
~ Richard Weikart
It's the great sentimental lie of the suburbs, and I've been making you subscribe to it all this time.
~ Richard Yates
Hello," I said stiffly. His smile split into a full grin."So nice to see you again." "Always a pleasure." My lie sounded robotic, but hopefully it was better than sounding afraid. "No,no," he said. "The pleasure's all mine." "If you say so,"I said.
~ Richelle Mead
It's a long story. Want a refill? No, let's start the steak. Where's the button? Right here. Well, push it. Me? You offered to cook. Ben Caxton, I will lie here and starve before I will get up to push a button six inches from your finger As you wish. He pressed the button. But don't forget who cooked dinner.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
I wonder if it's a special sin to lie to a nun
~ Robert Cormier
Is it his job to lie?" "No, but you're assuming it's a lie. Reasonable people can disagree and have opposing interpretations of the facts. It's Jonathan's job to present an interpretation that's favorable to his client. It would be malpractice for him to do otherwise." When she said it she was stiff and testy, and it felt like we were having a confrontation.
~ Robert Crais
Studying history is for tourists - polite, tidy people with clean desks and clean consciences. Making history is for people willing to get their hands dirty, to make mistake and lie when necessary, so that someday historians can sit quietly at their desks and act shocked.
~ Robert Ferrigno
It hurts to say that," he said, shrugging. "But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
~ Khaled Hosseini