Telling Lies Quotes

Telling Lies Quote of the day

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

Science is a set of rules to keep us from telling lies to each other. All scientists really have is a reputation for telling the truth.

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.

I watched him [a 'fat Russian agent'] with some interest, for it was the first time that I had seen a person whose profession was telling lies -- unless one counts journalists.

A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.

How convinced are you that man was created in the image of God when you can't see the image of God?

The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.

Mujib [Rahman], as you've seen, is a congenital liar. He can't help telling lies - it's something stronger than he.

Is not anyone with any degree of mental honesty conscious of telling lies all day long, both in talking and writing, simply because lies will fall into artistic shape when truth will not?

But I have told the truth. Isn't that ironic? They sent me because I am so good at telling lies. But I have told the truth.

The best writing advice I ever got was "Keep moving forward, don't retreat into rewrites." The worst came from a book that said "Writing fiction is like telling lies," which just seems stupid to me.

So much of being a woman is telling lies

A lie, when believed, became the truth.

Like the moon shining bright Up high with all its grace, I can only show you at night And hide half of my face.