--- title: "12 Stories Lies Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Stories Lies quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Stories Lies sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/kelly-barnhill-18022_storytelling_all-stories-are-lies-until-someone-belie_1070428.jpg" --- > [“All stories are lies until someone believes in them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-barnhill/all-stories-are-lies-until-someone-believes-in-them/) [Kelly Barnhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-barnhill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/kelly-barnhill-18022_storytelling_all-stories-are-lies-until-someone-belie_1070428.jpg) > [There are two sides to every story. And in the middle of those two stories lies the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/there-are-two-sides-to-every-story-and-in-the-middle-of-those-two/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/nishan-panwar-14_lies_there-are-two-sides-to-every-story-and-i_2656578.jpg) > [Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/stories-may-well-be-lies-but-they-are-good-lies-that-say-true-things/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/neil-gaiman-29_good-lies_stories-may-well-be-lies-but-they-are-go_2957374.jpg) > [“We are the stories we tell about ourselves. But when those stories are lies, we are the most surprised of all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-weeks/we-are-the-stories-we-tell-about-ourselves-but-when-those-stories-are/) [Brent Weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-weeks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/brent-weeks-1256_lies_we-are-the-stories-we-tell-about-ourselv_3101535.png) > [All stories are lies, but good stories are lies made of light and fire. They lift our hearts out of the dust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-carey/all-stories-are-lies-but-good-stories-are-lies-made-of-light-and-fire/) [Mike Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/mike-carey-8578_dust_all-stories-are-lies-but-good-stories-ar_2449439.png) > [No, Paul, I couldn't care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-paul-i-couldn-t-care-less-if-you-tell-me-made-up-stories-our-lies/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/anonymous-1_angel_no-paul-i-couldn-t-care-less-if-you-tell_559332.jpg) > [“A man is the stories he tells about himself, and most of those stories are lies. Never look too closely. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-lehane/a-man-is-the-stories-he-tells-about-himself-and-most-of-those-stories/) [Dennis Lehane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-lehane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/dennis-lehane-1503_quote_a-man-is-the-stories-he-tells-about-hims_2176667.jpg) > [All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-carey/all-stories-are-lies-but-good-stories-are-lies-made-from-light-and/) [Mike Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/mike-carey-8578_dust_all-stories-are-lies-but-good-stories-ar_3160666.png) > [I wish I could anticipate some of the stories and lies that will be told. It's going to be great to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-conley/i-wish-i-could-anticipate-some-of-the-stories-and-lies-that-will-be/) [Larry Conley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-conley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/larry-conley-101452_anticipate_i-wish-i-could-anticipate-some-of-the-st_66226.png) > [“I'm never really upset when a person lies because I don't place much value in truths. When you look at the grand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-suggs/i-m-never-really-upset-when-a-person-lies-because-i-don-t-place-much/) [Lionel Suggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-suggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/lionel-suggs-1621_lies_i-m-never-really-upset-when-a-person-lie_2768780.jpg) > [“I wondered if that was how the world went round - nothing more than eight billion strangers sitting together and telling each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-vernon/i-wondered-if-that-was-how-the-world-went-round-nothing-more-than/) [Steve Vernon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-vernon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/329/steve-vernon-43494_sitting-together_i-wondered-if-that-was-how-the-world-wen_2661680.jpg) > [A lotta stuff has been written about me that I never said. Stories that were lies. One guy wrote that young as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/a-lotta-stuff-has-been-written-about-me-that-i-never-said-stories/) [Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/910/bruno-sammartino-6340_lies_a-lotta-stuff-has-been-written-about-me_2278292.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories-lies/#itemlist", "name": "Stories Lies Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All stories are lies until someone believes in them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kelly Barnhill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-barnhill/all-stories-are-lies-until-someone-believes-in-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/kelly-barnhill-18022_storytelling_all-stories-are-lies-until-someone-belie_1070428.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/kelly-barnhill-18022_storytelling_all-stories-are-lies-until-someone-belie_1070428.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/kelly-barnhill-18022_storytelling_all-stories-are-lies-until-someone-belie_1070428.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All stories are lies until someone believes in them.” — Kelly Barnhill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are two sides to every story. 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It's going to be great to get everyone together so we can tell all of the families, all of the wives and children, just how good we were because they never got to see us play.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Larry Conley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-conley/i-wish-i-could-anticipate-some-of-the-stories-and-lies-that-will-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/larry-conley-101452_anticipate_i-wish-i-could-anticipate-some-of-the-st_66226.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/larry-conley-101452_anticipate_i-wish-i-could-anticipate-some-of-the-st_66226.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/larry-conley-101452_anticipate_i-wish-i-could-anticipate-some-of-the-st_66226.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wish I could anticipate some of the stories and lies that will be told. 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