Christopher Hitchens Quotes

A good liar must have a good memory.

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem

… the most transparent liar I have ever met

Liars ought to have good memories.

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

they reminded me of the biggest liar I ever knew personally. Was a farmer, too. Reputation of pretty good farmer at that, but he lied so he had to hire another man to call his pigs.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

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

Anybody can make something up and have it sound believable. The hard part is remembering all the lies you've told, and all the people you've told them to, and then living the lies that have become your life.

Avoid the company of a liar. And if you can't avoid him, don't believe him.

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

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

Someone who lies and someone who tells the truth are playing on opposite sides, so to speak, in the same game. Each responds to the facts as he understands them, although the response of the one is guided by the authority of the truth, while the response of the other defies that authority and refuses to meet its demands. The bullshitter ignores these demands altogether. He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.

When both parties are lying and they both know the other party's lying, it comes powerful close to being the same thing as telling the truth.

As far as Ted Cruz, he's one of the greatest liars and biggest liars I've ever known.

It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

There is nothing that God hates so much as a liar.

When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.

He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.

No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth.

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true.