Quotes About Dishonesty

There's a difference between criminals and crooks. Crooks steal. Criminals blow some guy's brains out. I'm a crook.

Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.

Yalan söylemek kolayd?r ama devam ettirmek zordur.

Nos enseñan a manipular y a engañar para obtener lo que queremos y, a no ser que sea descubierta, vivimos ocultando nuestra deshonestidad. El gran número de políticos así como de altos cargos de la administración que tienen que afrontar demandas judiciales ilustra esto que estamos diciendo.

duplicity, and deviousness—toward

He's the human equivalent of a spam email,

I'd become quite a master prevaricator.

Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Orson Scott Card

Wir sind alle Lügner, wenn es uns nützt.

Clark was bulging with lies when I saw him two weeks later. They danced out of his mouth as though they'd been cooped up there and were glad for a chance to stretch their legs.

I'm just a lie waiting to happen.

It is by giving fair names to foul actions that those who would start at real vice are led to practise its lessons, under the disguise of virtue.

When we no longer have the courage to live by the truth ourselves, when we no longer really hunger for it, then we no longer insist on it from others. The result is a culture of evasive unreality, a nation of alibis. And we come to accept more dishonesty and less integrity in our politics as unavoidable rules of the road. The

Every fool aspired to be a knave.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

Patriotism, red hot, is compatible with the existence of a neglect of national interests, a dishonesty, a cold indifference to the suffering of millions. Patriotism is largely pride, and very largely combativeness. Patriotism generally has a chip on its shoulder.

Jury: a group of twelve men who, having lied to the judge about their hearing, health and business engagements, have failed to fool him.

Those who said they would do so only in return for a greased palm, got a little money.

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S. Truman

Lies are usually caused by undue fear of men.

Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.