
„Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.“
— Anton Chekhov Russian dramatist, author and physician 1860 - 1904
Letter to A.N. Pleshcheev (October 9, 1888)
Letters
Zdroj: Propaganda & The Ethics Of Persuasion (2002), Chapter Four, Ethics And Propaganda, p. 149
— Anton Chekhov Russian dramatist, author and physician 1860 - 1904
Letter to A.N. Pleshcheev (October 9, 1888)
Letters
— 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
— 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.
— 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)
— 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)
— 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.
— Orson Scott Card American science fiction novelist 1951
Zdroj: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 3.
— Terry Goodkind, kniha Soul of the Fire
Zdroj: Soul of the Fire
— Cassandra Clare, The Mortal Instruments
Jace to Alec, pg. 138
The Mortal Instruments, City of Glass (2009)
— 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)
— 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
— Holly Black, kniha White Cat
Zdroj: White Cat
— Andrzej Sapkowski, kniha The Last Wish
Zdroj: The Last Wish
— Hannah Arendt Jewish-American political theorist 1906 - 1975
"Lying in Politics"
Crises of the Republic (1969)
— Ernest Hemingway, kniha A Farewell to Arms
Zdroj: A Farewell to Arms
— Will Cuppy American writer 1884 - 1949
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950), Part III: Strange Bedfellows, Philip the Sap
— Shahrukh Khan Indian actor, producer and television personality 1965
From interview with Anshul Chaturvedi