Adults Quote by Ellen Potter

It's funny how when you're little, you miss all the little lies. They float right past you, but you don't wonder about them much.…

— Virginia C. Andrews

Adults lie to themselves all the time about what is acceptable, but kids know what is right and wrong.

— Sarah Pinborough

Children's lies are signs of great talent.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Children can tell spectacular lies and make one smile with their unabashed honesty and then they grow up and blend the two together.

— Anonymous

Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and…

— Elias Canetti

“Oh, I used to lie all the time as a kid." I didn't think of it as lying, though. I thought of it as…

— Jenny Han

“If we grant that our evolutionary history did not prepare us to detect lies from demeanor, why do we not learn how to do…

— Paul Ekman

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.

— William Feather

Generally, we try not to write down to kids. We really just try to write a visual, character-driven cartoon that has a lot of…

— Stephen Hillenburg

You always have to lie. I've been in plays that people don't enjoy and I pray that they lie to my face when I…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.

— Beck Bennett

Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I've had them, I realize you almost lie to…

— Emma Donoghue