John Irving Quotes

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

There is no truth in him, and men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted either in public or private life.

Have you weaned yourself of your off-putting proclivity for not telling the truth/

There never was a liar that had not a spot in him where he could not help admiring truth.

A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is a liar.

"I'm sorry," she said humbly. "I haven't wanted to lie to you." "I should hope so. You're the worst liar I've ever met." He thought about it for a moment, then added, " - or the best. Now I'm all confused.

That's the problem with the truth," Darcy said. "Liars and honest men both claim to have it.

Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful realization: we can be lied to. As I write, I think of myself as putting my eye under oath, so that what I write is the truth about my characters.

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

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

I don't like to tell lies.

I'm not a liar.

Don't tell lies, ever. No matter what - not even little white lies.

I'm not fake in any way.

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.

I can't tell a lie - not even when I hear one.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

It's a weird thing about the truth: It protects you. What really makes you vulnerable is when you're lying because you're going to get caught. When you tell the truth, there's a strange relief that comes.

I'm not big on lying. I don't like that at all.

The truthful man is usually a liar.