Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“A lie is the only truth about a liar.”

— Ketan Waghmare

“I know someone said that even a really bad liar tells more truth than lies, but you still can't tell what are lies and…

— Ruth Rendell

Lies are usually attempts to make everything simpler - for the liar - than it really is, or ought to be.

— Adrienne Rich

Liars think if they lie enough, they can squeeze out a situation. Lying does nothing but complicate and aggravate things.

— Enhance Dreams

“In my opinion, a lie is a physical act, verbal statement, or omission, deliberately designed to deceive another of the truth.”

— David Craig

“That's another thing about lies: if you convince yourself they're true, they become true. A lie is a discrepancy of belief, not fact.”

— Leah Raeder

“Well the other thing about lying is that the liar is banking on two things when telling the lie. They are hoping that the…

— Garry Crystal

The fact that someone says something doesn't mean it's true. Doesn't mean they're lying, but it doesn't mean it's true.

— Carl Sagan

“Not telling everything you know is not the same as telling a lie.”

— Glenda Bailey-Mershon

“A lie means saying something with a deliberate intent to deceive, and what I did is more like embellish the truth.”

— Debbie Mason

“A lie is not a lie if you don’t know you’re lying.”

— Dima Zales

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