„Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.“
— Anton Chekhov Russian dramatist, author and physician 1860 - 1904
Letters, Letter to A.N. Pleshcheev (October 9, 1888)
„The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.“
— Randal Marlin, Propaganda & The Ethics Of Persuasion (2002), Chapter Four, Ethics And Propaganda, p. 149
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„The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying“
— Thomas Henry Huxley English biologist and comparative anatomist 1825 - 1895
1880s, Context: The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge.
"Science and Morals" (1886) http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/CE9/S-M.html
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„Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.“
— Tim Allen American actor, voiceover artist and comedian 1953
As quoted in Land Your Dream Job : High-Performance Techniques to Get Noticed, Get Hired, and Get Ahead (2007) by John Middleton, Ken Langdon, and Nikki Cartwright
„You should be proud of your profession because there's less lying in journalism than in any other profession. They lie in education, they lie in politics, they lie in banking, they lie in labor; there's liars all over the place. Sports? Full of liars. And there are liars in journalism, but if there are liars, journalism will out them.“
— Gay Talese American writer 1932
In an interview with David L. Ulin to Los Angeles Times - Gay Talese talks with David L. Ulin http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2010/10/gay-talese-talks-with-david-l-ulin.html (October 15, 2010)
„Clearly, [President Bush] lied. Now if he is an unconscious liar, and doesn't realize when he's lying, then we're really in trouble.“
— Al Sharpton American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and television/radio talk show host 1954
Source: Democratic presidental debate at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin held on 15 Feb. 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44506-2004Feb15_4.html.
„The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.“
— Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh
The Way of All Flesh (1903), Ch. 39 http://books.google.com/books?id=wZAEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+best+liar+is+he+who+makes+the+smallest+amount+of+lying+go+the+longest+way%22&pg=PA190#v=onepage
„When people say perhaps it’s cause they’re lying. Either they don’t believe the thing they’re saying, or they do believe it only they don’t want to admit they do.“
— Orson Scott Card American science fiction novelist 1951
The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 3.
„“You’re a poet too, aren’t you? And a good liar, I bet.”
“I was the Autarch of Urth; that required a little lying, if you like. We called it diplomacy.”“
— Gene Wolfe American science fiction and fantasy writer 1931
Fiction, The Book of the New Sun (1980–1983), The Urth of the New Sun (1987), Chapter 3, "The Cabin" (p. 20)
„Everything I know about the Iranians I learned at the pool room," [Graham] said. "I met a lot of liars, and I know the Iranians are lying.“
— Lindsey Graham United States Senator from South Carolina 1955
2010s, As quoted in "Republican conference: Day two - Bush 'proud' of family" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32850481 (22 May 2015), by Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, United Kingdom: British Broadcasting Corporation
„Love makes us liars. The Seelie Queen told me that. So don't judge me for lying about how I feel. You do it too.“
— Cassandra Clare, The Mortal Instruments
The Mortal Instruments, City of Glass (2009), Jace to Alec, pg. 138
„For the trouble with lying and decieving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. In this sense, truth, even if it does not prevail in public, possesses an ineradicable primacy over all falsehoods.“
— Hannah Arendt Jewish-American political theorist 1906 - 1975
Crises of the Republic (1969), "Lying in Politics"
