Do we really need a study on why people lie? They lie because it's easy, and cowards are good at "easy." Telling the truth takes moxie, and few have it.

Donna Lynn Hope

Stichwörter: lying liars cowards



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The one undeniable benefit of having spent some time in the closet is that it nurtures a talent that you can fall back on any time: lying convincingly. Sometimes I worried that queer kids in the twenty-first century coming out at twelve, or even younger, would never develop that valuable skill.

Bob Smith

Stichwörter: humor lying queer-youth



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

Shannon A. Thompson

Stichwörter: truth power power-of-words trust lying lying-to-ourselves lying-truth



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There were people who lied for gain, people who lied from pain, people who lied simply because the concept of telling the truth was utterly alien to them . . . and then there were people who lied because they were waiting for it to be time to tell the truth.

Stephen King

Stichwörter: truth lying insecurity



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Euphemisms persist because lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

Bergen Evans

Stichwörter: life lying euphemisms bergen-evans language-awareness



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This is an absurd moral, for you and I both know that sometimes not only is it good to lie, it is necessary to lie.

Lemony Snicket

Stichwörter: lying



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I want you to lie to me just as sweetly as you know how for the rest of my life.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Stichwörter: humor love lies romance sex relationships funny lying f-scott-fitzgerald sweet gatsby pirates fitzgerald zelda 20s flapper the-offshore-pirate



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There's a very thin difference between lying and breaking the promise.

Toba Beta

Stichwörter: lying breaking-the-promise



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If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Stichwörter: lying liars



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Who lies for you will lie against you.

Bosnian Proverb

Stichwörter: lies lying liars



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