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Quotes About Lying

Lise was lying in bed. She was falling. There
~ Ali Smith
Here's the thing about lying: a part of you has to mean it—even if it is a tiny, sinister, shred that only lives in the blackest, darkest parts of your mind. You have to want it to be true.
~ Ally Carter
I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It's a weakness in me.
~ Rosie Perez
He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
~ WALTER BENJAMIN
Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.
~ Mary Wilson Little
Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.
~ Mary Wilson Little
I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving.
~ John Major
As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.
~ Umberto Eco
If someone is lying to you, they'll generally look up to the top right. That means that they're trying to construct an image that doesn't exist.
~ Keith Barry
Consumers recognize, and don't like, corporate lying.
~ Sheldon Whitehouse
I love country music because it's honest - and I'm a terrible liar.
~ Maddie Marlow
Any league that talks about that - they care about their players - is lying.
~ Diana Taurasi
Bushes were lying flat, laid back on the ground as close as a rabbit lays back his ears.
~ Richard Hughes
After he was assassinated, his family and the men who had served him continued the lying and began the destruction, censoring and hiding of JFK's medical records.
~ Richard Reeves
No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.
~ Richard Yates
How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving.
~ Richelle Mead
You're a terrible liar, boy," Rand called after us. "Is he right?" I asked quietly, once we'd put some distance between the guest cabin and us. "That I'm a terrible liar? No. I'm a fantastic liar.
~ Richelle Mead
What makes psychopaths different from all others is the remarkable ease with which they lie, the pervasiveness of their deception, and the callousness with which they carry it out.
~ Robert D. Hare
there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life... you steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a ather. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness... there is no act more wretched than stealing.
~ Khaled Hosseini
There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life... you steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness... there is no act more wretched than stealing.
~ Khaled Hosseini
There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.
~ Khaled Hosseini
there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life... you steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness... there is no act more wretched than stealing." ? Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
~ Khaled Hosseini
There is only one sin. and that is theft.. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life... you steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness... there is no act more wretched than stealing.
~ Khaled Hosseini
There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. Do you see? There is no act more wretched than stealing.
~ Khaled Hosseini