Ballard Quote by J.G. Ballard

“For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.”

— John F. Kennedy

“Take away truth and people will lie. Scoff at virtue, and betrayal becomes a matter of course.”

— Frank Peretti

“But I had learned deceptions could be uttered with a straight face, a warm smile might conceal malice, and that the most dangerous lies…

— Sue Lynn Tan

“Falsehood had become the morality of the society.People lied at every turn.”

— Anatoli Rybakov

“‎"With so many egotists and liars in the world the truth becomes an ever more rare and valuable commodity.”

— David Alejandro Fearnhead

“And that was the thing about truths and secrets. Sometimes the truth didn't need to be known. The lie was healthier than the truth…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“The greatest enemy of truth is often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”

— Steve Berry

“...as he discovered in the course of his uncountable years that a lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“Over time, hidden truths morph in the dark soil of deceit into something much worse.”

— Patti Callahan Henry

“Lying gets all the recompenses, then, while despair and loneliness are the rewards of constancy and fidelity.”

— Anonymous

“came away convinced that lying, even about the smallest matters, needlessly”

— Sam Harris

“People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.”

— Joe Abercrombie