Quotes About Dishonesty

It's been my observation, after years in the business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.

I should have reminded myself that people willing to cheat a little bit are generally dishonest throughout.

No," I said, too quickly. I had an outstanding talent for committing deceit, but none for hiding it.

It was easier to agree than to tell the truth.

The truth is balance, but the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.

Lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to the truth. —Fyodor Dostoevsky

A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.

But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.

There is a cheat inside everyone.

A lot of people don't believe there's evil. If there's good in this world, then you're being intellectually dishonest, if you believe there's a good power, you've also got to believe there's an evil power, too. There are physical laws that are in place.

Clintons lie with facility, intent, and design.

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The instances of honesty that one comes across in this world are just as amazing as the instances of dishonesty. After forty-five years of mixing with one's kind, one ought to have acquired the habit of being able to know something about one's fellow beings. But one doesn't

There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious.

The world is full of liars of different humours.

Through the bars he had laid eyes on a face like glass, somebody who could not lie without it being obvious. And he had seen a way of using that very fact to tell the greatest of lies.

In the interests of Truth, I would lie.

To argue otherwise was to lie to oneself.

I am afraid the church is trying to speak out on too many issues that really do not concern the church. There are certain issues we know to be wrong—racial injustice, crime, gambling, dishonesty, pornography. On these matters we must thunder forth as the prophets of God.

When people tell a lie about something, they have to make up a bunch of lies to go with the first one. 'Mythomania' is the word for it.

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

There is an interaction and action, reaction between two people. One should show honesty in a relationship. Be honest to your partner and tell him everything. How long can you do things with dishonesty and that's wrong. Don't get into a relationship if you can't be honest.

I was on a train of lies. I couldn't jump off.