„The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.“

„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

„The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying“

—  Thomas Henry Huxley English biologist and comparative anatomist 1825 - 1895

"Science and Morals" (1886) http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/CE9/S-M.html
1880s
Kontext: 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.

„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)

„The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.“

—  Samuel Butler, kniha The Way of All Flesh

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
The Way of All Flesh (1903)

„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

Zdroj: 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.

„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

Zdroj: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 3.

„That is the curse of lying, Sister. Once you place that crown of the liar upon your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.“

—  Terry Goodkind, kniha Soul of the Fire

Zdroj: Soul of the Fire

„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

Jace to Alec, pg. 138
The Mortal Instruments, City of Glass (2009)

„“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 - 2019

Zdroj: 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

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
2010s

„I'm sure the liars as skillful and persistent and devious as you reach the point where it's the one you are lying to, and not you, who seems like the one with the serious limitations.“

—  Philip Roth, kniha Everyman

Everyman (2006)

„The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another“

—  Elizabeth Bear American novelist 1971

„Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying“

—  Holly Black, kniha White Cat

Zdroj: White Cat

„They weren't lying. They firmly believed it all. Which doesn't change the facts.“

—  Andrzej Sapkowski, kniha The Last Wish

Zdroj: The Last Wish

„She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.“

—  Holly Black, kniha Black Heart

Zdroj: Black Heart

„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

"Lying in Politics"
Crises of the Republic (1969)

„Keep right on lying to me. That's what I want you to do.“

—  Ernest Hemingway, kniha A Farewell to Arms

Zdroj: A Farewell to Arms

„Philip [II of Spain] was a great believer in diplomacy, or the art of lying. He fooled some of the people some of the time.“

—  Will Cuppy American writer 1884 - 1949

The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950), Part III: Strange Bedfellows, Philip the Sap

„I believe it is my job to tell people about what the good points of either company are. I'm not lying in either case.“

—  Shahrukh Khan Indian actor, producer and television personality 1965

From interview with Anshul Chaturvedi