Lying Quotes

8656 Lying quotes by 4266 unique authors

So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free… — George W. Bush
The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice. — Joseph Butler
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. — Samuel Butler
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. — Samuel Butler
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. — Samuel Butler
Let every man be true and every god a liar. — Samuel Butler
That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit? — David Byrne
Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose. — Sholom Aleichem
Not only do I never lie, I never respond to lies, no matter how vicious, no matter how hurtful. — Paula Abdul
When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who… — Vince Cable
Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it? — Nicolas Cage
Character, I am sure, lies in the genes. — Taylor Caldwell
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. — Joseph Campbell
Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding. — Tony Campolo
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone. — Albert Camus
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. — Albert Camus
Lying is not only saying what isn't true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the… — Albert Camus
You who speak languages, you are such liars. — Orson Scott Card
It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through God's mercy and Christ's merits; but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is… — Donald Cargill
Liars are always most disposed to swear. — Vittorio Alfieri
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — Thomas Carlyle
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. — Thomas Carlyle
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. — Thomas Carlyle
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. — Thomas Carlyle
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter,… — Thomas Carlyle

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