Time Quote by Katie Kacvinsky

“I suffer from freak creative outbursts,” I say, which is true, and his mouth starts to twitch. “That’s what you call lying?” “No,” I…

— Katie Kacvinsky

“On the whole, lying is a cheerful affair. Embellishments are intended to give pleasure. People long to tell you what they imagine you want…

— Isabel Fonseca

“[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?”

— Laurence Olivier

“Novelist: Telling lies for fun and profit.”

— Marilyn Celeste Morris

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

— Debbie Mason

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

— Anonymous

“Deception is brutal, I'm not pretending otherwise.”

— Patrick Marber

“She meditated upon a lie. This is the essence of temptation.”

— Jim Berg

“Lying isn't something you should be proud of, but be grateful if you've gained a talent for doing it correctly.”

— Kate C. Conner

“I swallow my own lies with big gulps, as if quickly chugging the chance of getting caught. No lie makes man thirstier than a…

— Jarod Kintz

“To seek the truth while living a lie is to fool oneself . . . and a complete waste of time.”

— Gene Ruyle

“Wonderful is the effect of impudent and persevering lying.”

— Thomas Jefferson