Activity Quote by Stephen Vizinczey

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

— Elias Lyman Magoon

One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them.

— Harper Lee

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

— David Craig

“Lying is universal - we all do it. Therefore, the wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to…

— Mark Twain

A lie is an excuse guarded

— Jonathan Swift

I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any person lies in action.

— Pindar

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.

— Alexander Haig

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Lying is a crime the least liable to variation in its definitions. A child will upon the slightest temptation tell an untruth as readily…

— Joseph Priestley

A lie has no power whatsoever by its mere utterance; its power emerges when someone else agrees to believe the lie.

— Pamela Mayer

A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves

— James Lee Burke