Liars Quotes - Page 21

• I was taught very early on that the state can be, and is, a liar and a murderer.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Taught, States, Murderer

  Simon Cottee, Thomas Cushman, Christopher Hitchens (2008). “Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left”, p.5167, NYU Press

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• It was like that class at school where the teacher talks about Realization, about how you could realize something big in a commonplace thing. The example he gave--and the liar said it really happened--was that once while drinking orange juice, he'd realized he would be dead someday. He wondered if we, his students, had had similar 'realizations.' Is he kidding? I thought. Once I cashed a paycheck and I realized it wasn't enough. Once I had food poisoning, and realized I was trapped inside my body.

  Amy Hempel

  Teacher, Drinking, School

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• The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Telling The Truth

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.270, Macmillan

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• Everyone seems to be running against a liar, but nobody seems to be one. Odd - I mean, the math doesn't work out.

  Meg Greenfield

  Running, Mean, Math

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• To be a liar, you've got to have a great memory, and I don't have a memory.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Memories, Great Memories

  "What I've Learned: Ozzy Osbourne" by Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 1, 2005.

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• The liar leads an existence of unutterable loneliness.

  Adrienne Rich

  Loneliness, Lying, Existence

  Adrienne Rich (2002). “Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company

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• President Bush is a liar. He betrayed Nevada and he betrayed the country... All Americans should be concerned, not just because he lied to me or the people of Nevada and indeed all Americans, but because the President's decision threatens Americans' lives.

  Harry Reid

  Country, People, Decision

  "Political rift could hurt state’s Yucca fight" by Erin Neff, lasvegassun.com. March 5, 2002.

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• People who try to be nice are false. They're liars. You should never force your behavior to be a certain way. You should just be. Maybe it's not going to be nice, but at least it'll be honest.

  Veronica Rossi

  Nice, People, Trying

  Veronica Rossi (2013). “Brooke”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Childhood, Fool, Life Is

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• The narratives we create in order to justify our actions and choices become in so many ways who we are. They are the things we say back to ourselves to explain our complicated lives. Perhaps the reason you've not yet been able to forgive yourself is that you're still invested in your self-loathing. Perhaps not forgiving yourself is the flip side of your stealing-this-now cycle. Would you be a better or worse person if you forgave yourself for the bad things you did? If you perpetually condemn yourself for being a liar and a thief, does that make you good?

  Cheryl Strayed

  Self, Order, Choices

  "Dear Sugar, The Rumpus advice Column #68: The bad things you did". therumpus.net. March 24, 2011.

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• Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

  J. Edgar Hoover

  Lying, Keys, Years

  "What I Would Tell a Son," Family Weekly, July 14, 1963.

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• I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.

  Jim Thompson

  Hug, Polite, You Re A Liar

  Jim Thompson (2010). “POP. 1280”, p.9, Hachette UK

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• Stephan was secretive and a liar, but he was a very gentle and expert lover. She was the petted, cherished child, the desired mistress, the worshipped, perfumed goddess. She was all these things to Stephan - or so he made her believe.

  Jean Rhys

  Children, Believe, Mistress

  Jean Rhys (1981). “Quartet”

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• A gun is a liar's weapon

  Frank Miller

  Gun, Weapons

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• But Sophie and Howl were holding one another's hand and smiling and smiling, quite unable to stop. "Don't bother me know," said Howl. "I only did it for the money." "Liar!"said Sophie. "I said," Michael said, "that Calcifer's come back!" That did get Howl's attention and Sophie's too.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Hands, Attention, Sophie

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• We Indians really should be better liars, considering how often we've been lied to.

  Sherman Alexie

  Lied, Should, Considering

  Sherman Alexie (2016). “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, p.19, Random House

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• Liar's such a strong word. I prefer to think of it as me omitting some of the details" - Alex

  Jessica Sorensen

  Strong, Thinking, Details

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• ...Her parents were going to a conference for the weekend. The conference was called "Lawyers are Lovely, Great and Superb: so Why Does Everyone Think that They are Liars, Greedy and Scum?" and Mr Thomson was doing a speech called "Ten Tips to Make Lawyers as Popular as Doctors.

  Jaclyn Moriarty

  Weekend, Thinking, Doctors

  Jaclyn Moriarty (2010). “The Year of Secret Assignments”, p.217, Scholastic Inc.

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• What is "poker"? A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars.

  David Mitchell

  Games, Cards, Able

  David Mitchell (2012). “Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel”, p.213, Random House Group

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• Computers don't lie, but liars can compute.

  Terry Hayes

  Lying, Computer, Don't Lie

  Terry Hayes (2014). “I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller”, p.255, Simon and Schuster

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• I would like to apologize for referring to George W. Bush as a 'deserter.' What I meant to say is that George W. Bush is a deserter, an election thief, a drunk driver, a WMD liar, and a functional illiterate. And he poops his pants.

  Michael Moore

  Wmd, Drunk, Poop

  Statement in 2004. "'Capitalism is evil … you have to eliminate it'" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2010.

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• I can't really make fun of zombies. They're not liars. They're not cheats.

  George A. Romero

  Fun, Zombie, Cheat

  "Q&A – George Romero on Survival of the Dead, The Walking Dead and a Zombie Renaissance". AMC Interview, www.amc.com.

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• A greater liar than the Parthians.

  Horace

  Greater

  Horace (1903). “Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose”

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• C++ is a language strongly optimized for liars and people who go by guesswork and ignorance.

  Erik Naggum

  Ignorance, People, Language

  "Is CLOS reall OO?". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. May 5, 1998.

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• We will be whatever they need us to be. Call us emo's, liars, and cheaters...tell people how awful we are and how little talent we have...do whatever it takes to make themselves feel better because at the end of the day, we are strong, we can take it. We don't need their approval to justify our lives. Each and every one of us has a fire that burns inside us and they can try like hell to put out that flame but as long as in our minds we know who we are meant to be, they don't stand a chance.

  Andy Biersack

  Strong, Emo, Feel Better

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