The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
What is it in people, or just in people like me, that would rather let a lie go by, would rather wish it away or minimize it, than point it out and cause the liar embarrassment?
Joe was being called a liar and a traitor; I'm being accused of nepotism, of being a glorified secretary. The stresses that that places on an individual and, of course, a marriage were tremendous. It was - there were some dark days.
The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy.
Canelo, he is not a champion. He is a liar who has no respect for the sport of boxing or its fans.
I'd be a liar if I said I had a normal family.
In 'Winnie the Pooh,' a lot of the characters have serious flaws: Pooh is sort of a food addict. Rabbit is OCD, and Owl is a compulsive liar.
No one on the planet Earth is going to be able to look at me on television and say that I'm a liar. It will not happen.
Barack Obama's ability to seduce people is well-known. He can bring his biggest critics into a room and have them coming out singing his praises. He's a charismatic and congenital liar.
Trump is unloved in his own house. A figure of ridicule, a theatrical creation, he is almost sympathetic. He was told by the greedy and the outright stupid that he would make a swell president. The Liar's Paradox has spun out of control, with liars lying to a liar who believed the lie. What would that be called? Fox News, I think.
A liar often smiles subtly while telling a lie; it's an unconscious expression of his delight in getting away with a whopper.
I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.
'Let God be true but every man a liar' is the language of true faith.
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
