Subject: Beliefs » Honesty » Lies (Page 3)

A man who calls bullshit fertilizer.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths.


The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

(1911 – 1989) television actress

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

(1912 – 1989) author, critic & political activist

Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.

Beneath this smooth stone by the bone of his bone – Sleeps Master John Gill; – By lies when alive this attorney did thrive, – And now that he's dead he lies still.

He will even tell a lie when it is not convenient to.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Actions lie louder than words.

(1966 – ) American magazine editor

You only lie to two people in your life: your girlfriend and the police.

(1937 – ) American actor

There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.

(1863 – 1935) British-born American writer, artist & illustrator

1. No matter what they're telling you, they're not telling you the whole truth. 2. No matter what they're talking about, they're talking about money.

Jerry, just remember, it’s not a lie if you believe it.

(1959 – ) American actor, director, writer, singer & comedian

Sure men were born to lie, and women, to believe them.

(1685 – 1732) English writer

Figures won’t lie, but liars can figure.

(1911 – 1993) columnist & novelist

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

Everybody lies; but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

To the French, lying is simply talking.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

What you take for lying in an Irishman is only his attempt to put an herbaceous border on stark reality.

(1878 – 1957) Irish poet, author, athlete & politician