Quotes About Lies

he was after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies, the better the pay.

when someone says they're going to be honest with you, they are in most cases preparing to lie faster than a horse can trot.

The man in black smiled. Shall we tell the truth then, you and I? No more lies? I thought we had been. But the man in black persisted as if Roland hadn't spoken. Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as equals? There is an offer you will get rarely, Roland. Only equals speak the truth, that's my thought on't. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard. How tiresome!

Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.

The truth may hurt but lies kill.

The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands

My pants are on fire!

Like all fiction, my lies are just my efforts to be truer than the truth.

There is music in the noise, beauty in the chaos, truth in the lies, light in the void. He who has eyes, let him see.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.

Sono un assassino. La mia immagine agli occhi della società è la peggiore che possa esistere, ma è più facile da sopportare che i miei vent'anni di menzogne

E quando rimani incastrato in questo ingranaggio, per non deludere, la prima bugia chiama la seconda, e poi vai avanti tutta la vita...

I tell you this, my friend; all men are cowards. They dislike a fact except when it is so wrapped up in lies and sentiments that the sharp edge of it cannot hurt them. When a man tells the truth he his, depend upon it, a dangerous man.

If such things were not so dangerous one would laugh. But one recognizes the technique. Such propaganda always begins with words, but soon it proceeds to deeds. When there are no facts to support lies, facts must be made.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.

The stories in the magazines are lies: hard work and perseverance don't lead to success.

To the novice, it doubtless seems a conundrum that lies can have their basis in fact. Consider, however, the individual's need to have his or her desires met. This is fact. If lies are clever enough to fulfill this desire, they become a truth and, therefore, that much harder to dispel.

The problem with liars is they don't believe anyone is capable of telling the truth.

How senseless is everything that can ever be written, done, or thought, when such things are possible. It must be all lies and of no account when the culture of a thousand years could not prevent this stream of blood being poured out, these torture-chambers in their hundreds of thousands. A hospital alone shows what war is.

StarClan may go where they please, they have betrayed SkyClan. From this day on, I will have nothing more to do with our warrior ancestors. StarClan allowed the Twolegs to destroy our home. They look down on us now, and let the moon go on shining while you drive us out. They said there would always be five Clans in the forest, but they lied. SkyClan will never look to the stars again.

In the end, it's lies that tear a Clan apart, not the truth.

She could begin a new life, away from all these lies and broken promises.