Subject: Beliefs » Honesty (Page 2)

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.

Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

… you're so crooked that if you swallowed a nail you'd shit a corkscrew.

(1898 – 1979) British military commander

To the French, lying is simply talking.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

He's so crooked he uses a corkscrew for a ruler.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Science is Truth. Don't be misled by fact.

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child; just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

I keep reading between the lies.

(Aiskowitz) (1899 – 1982) humorist

Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's rainin'!

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

(1802 – 1870) American writer & editor

Liars get caught by the tale.

If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?

(1805 – 1864) English editor, novelist & sporting writer

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

Golf is a game in which the ball lies poorly and the players well.

(1912 – 2003) American sports writer

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

(1880 – ?) American author

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized: in the first, it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident.

(1788 – 1860) German philosopher

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

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

Beware of the half truth… you may have gotten hold of the wrong half.