Lying Quotes - Page 3

All fathers are liars . . . If you want to be a father, you have to be prepared to become a liar.

We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.

Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.

Sometimes people who adamantly assert an opinion or view don't even hold it themselves.

As soon as we got back I ran upstairs and told everyone the story, thus telling everyone the alarm code, thus breaking one of the Ten Commandments when I lied and said I’d keep the code a secret. As I’ve known for a long, long time now, hell is going to be totally fucking worth it.

Lying for lying's sake is the inspiration behind all great art

Cheating and lying aren't struggles, they're reasons to break up.

Over time, any deception destroys intimacy, and without intimacy couples cannot have true and lasting love.

Mom actually said that?" Cassie's face shown with happiness. "She always hated my math!"

"Nah," Martin said. "She was just being that way for you. She thought it was what you needed to hear. If parents told us what they really think about stuff, we could figure them out like regular people.

If you’re lying to everyone you know, including yourself, at every possible turn, is a little upheaval really the worst that could happen to your life right now?

I believe in my mask- The man I made up is me
I believe in my dance- And my destiny

Da used to say that lies were easy, but trust was hard. Trust is like faith: it can turn people into believers, but every time it's lost, trust becomes harder and harder to win back.

In any case, in talking about the past we lie with every breath we draw.

She had come into the garden expecting summer roses and had instead been caught in a bank of twisted, thorny, frostbitten vines.

Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.

Lying is the most fun a woman can have without taking her clothes off.

Remember what I said when I led to Omar and the queen?" I bobbed my head, unable to look away from his jewel-like eyed, shining in the darkness...so much like Chorda's. "That was the lie. Good-bye, Lane," he said and then crept into the darkness.

Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

I hate that question, “Are you okay?” It’s like asking someone if they think you look fat. You’re almost guaranteed to get a lie.