Adjectives Quote by Irving Howe

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

— John Ruskin

Language can be very adept at hiding the truth.

— Dan Brown

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

— George Carlin

Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful realization: we…

— Michael Cadnum

Language always betrays us, tells the truth when we want to lie, and dissolves into formlessness when we would most like to be precise.

— Jeanette Winterson

But the thing is, from the perspective of a novelist there is a brand of lying that feels more honest than the actual facts…

— Ron Currie Jr

“...every language without exception has some, but not all, of the characteristic features of lies--if no other, then at least the feature simply of…

— Harry G. Franfurt

“From unintentional hallucinations of large language models to deliberate disinformation campaigns, the very foundation of truth is under attack, with facts as the first…

— Roger Spitz

Lies are just another kind of storytelling, but with the very distinct and enlivening motive of desperation. Since writers are by nature desperate creatures,…

— John Hodgman

“After all, every use of language without exception has some, if not all, of the characteristic features of lies.”

— Harry G. Frankfurt

The continued utterance of a lie does not make it true, but it does convince many that it is, particularly if you can squelch…

— Shapley R Hunter

Don't forget that few people are likely to tell more than a small part of the truth: no one tells much of the truth,…

— Halldór Laxness