Bending Quote by Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Rhe language of politics is experienced by most as spin with the assumption of dishonesty.

— Jess Phillips

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

— Adrienne Rich

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle and the distaffe.

— George Herbert

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“Gossip is like thread wound over a spindle of truth, changing its shape.”

— K. Ritz

Lying is sometimes acted, insinuated, or implied, in a manner as injurious and shameful as when the falsehood is spoken outright.

— Elias Lyman Magoon

Lies will always spin out of control; little lies will gradually become big ones.

— Kemmy Nola

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

— John Ruskin

Oh, they never lie. They dissemble, evade, prevaricate, confound, confuse, distract, obscure, subtly misrepresent and willfully misunderstand with what often appears to be a…

— Anonymous

Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State.

— James Jesus Angleton

Lying is a cooperative act. Think about it. A lie has no power whatsoever by its mere utterance. Its power emerges when someone else…

— Pamela Meyer

Lying is a false significance of speech, with a will to deceive, which cannot be cured but by shame and reason; it is a…

— Jon Jones