Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I do love the idea of being able to take an MP to court for lying. There are ways and means of taking an MP to court just now, but it is very difficult. – Mark Thomas
Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it’s also a coping mechanism and a survival technique. – Monica Raymund
I had the idea that it would be wonderful to be a physicist or a mathematician maybe 500 years ago around the time of Newton when there were really fundamental things just lying around to be discovered. – David Chalmers
Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other? – George Eliot
I don’t like people lying to me. I don’t like people who don’t return my calls. I don’t like people who won’t give me a straight answer. I don’t like those kinds of people, and I’ve been vocal about it. – Dan Aykroyd
I don’t mean to beat a made-in-America drum, but I would be lying if I said it doesn’t feel somehow right to be printing books in the U.S. – Dave Eggers
In the forensic science course I took at university they used photographs of dead bodies. For ballistics they showed us a guy lying on the floor, and his head had burst. – Denise Mina
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest. – Eric Clapton
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The sexual deviance – I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss that; but we do have hints of it but in a more psychological way and therefore more human way, arguably. Or certainly to the extent that the animated series takes that sexuality. – Marton Csokas
My idea of relaxation is not lying down by a beach. I have to move around, do stuff. Though I’m a massive quiz show person. – Daniel Radcliffe
Lyin’ Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife! – Donald Trump
98% of the people who get the magazine say they read the cartoons first – and the other 2% are lying. – David Remnick
Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth. – Jesse Ball
A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher’s stall passes as food. – John Harvey Kellogg