Lying Quotes - Page 4

One human could simply withhold its feelings and intentions from another human by failing to audibilize or it could audibilize things that were not real. The other human would be aware only of what it heard and would change its behavior in response to a nonexistent stimulus. They called it 'lying.

Mitch's take on humanity had deteriorated to the point where he assumed someone was lying if her lips were moving.

Why are you lying to me? I'm so tired of people lying to me. Do I not deserve the truth? Do I look like someone who can't handle it?

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.

Children and fools always speak the truth.

...the truth was more powerful than a lie could ever be (Eric)

Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power.

Ô, wine!, the truth-serum so potent that all those who wish to live happy lives should abstain from drinking it entirely!... except of course when they are alone.

Interesting, but she could see that the boy didn't have a single lie in him. A very rare condition, especially for the male of the species.

The guilty are uncomfortable with silence.

People, in general, tend to project onto others their own state of mind. Well-meaning people inevitably assume other people are well meaning. People who cheat assume everyone cheats. People who deceive assume everybody deceives.
Confessions of a Whistle-Blower: Lessons Anna C. Salter. Ethics & Behavior, Volume 8, Issue 2 June 1998

After the woman left, Gran, staring out back at the Zebra Forest, said to me, 'I'm a liar, I'll admit. But I pride myself on being a really good liar. That's part of my educational philosophy, too, Annie B. Mark that down. Lesson one: If you're going to do something, make sure to do it with excellence.

I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.