Subject: Beliefs » Honesty (Page 6)

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

He’s crooked as a barrel full of fish hooks.

The biggest liar in the world is the golfer who claims that he plays the game merely for exercise.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

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

(1912 – 1989) author, critic & political activist

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.

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.

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

Celebrities are invariably celebrity-mad, just as liars always believe liars.

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

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing… if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Liars get caught by the tale.

Truthful: Dumb and illiterate.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

When a man tells me he’s going to put all his cards on the table, I always look up his sleeve.

(1893 – 1957) British politician

Figures won’t lie, but liars can figure.

(1911 – 1993) columnist & novelist

Trust everybody – but cut the cards.

(1867 – 1936) author & humorist

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

He lies so bad he hires somebody to call his dogs.

He is a shifty-eyed goddamn liar…. he's one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

(1884 – 1972) 33rd U.S. president

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

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.

(1874 – 1962) American industrialist, lawyer & diplomat