Christopher Hitchens Quotes

A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.

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

Liars need to have good memories.

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

Liars ought to have good memories.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

A liar should have a good memory.

Liars are always most disposed to swear.

… the most transparent liar I have ever met

You're such a big liar you gotta get your neighbor to call your dog.

Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.

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.

Politicians are better liars than writers.

As someone who specializes in deception, I'll tell you this much: When someone insistently implores, 'Believe me,' don't. Pleading 'believe me' or 'trust me' - insisting to people that you are telling the truth - is a tell-tale sign that you probably aren't.

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

We're all liars when it serves our purpose.

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

LIAR, n. One who tells an unpleasant truth.

The trouble with a liar is he can't remember what he said.

Go ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as a man.

Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.

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.