Tim Finn Quotes

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

I'd lied many times: to bolster my credentials, to elicit sympathy, to make myself appear less ordinary.

Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

Jon lied ... loudly, as if that could make it true.

A good liar must have a good memory.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

A liar should have a good memory.

Liars need to have good memories.

You can't make a representation and then claim you didn't make it. You know, it just shouldn't work that way.

Every word she writes is a lie, including and and the.

Liars are always most disposed to swear.

Politicians are better liars than writers.

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

Advertising is legalized lying.

Liars ought to have good memories.

You get so used to lying that after a while it’s hard to remember what the truth is.

What’s the difference between my fabricating reports and your letting your agents do it? At least mine make sense.

There is a lot of spinning and a lot of lying in our times—in politics, in government, in sports and everywhere. It’s gotten to the point where … you no longer believe the first version of anything. It wasn’t always that way. I guess it started for me with Vietnam, when the establishment felt it had to lie to justify a policy that as it turned out was never going to work.

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.

What's so great about the truth? Try lying for a change, it's the currency of the world.

The lie, of course, is more interesting.

The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.

We're all liars when it serves our purpose.