John McCain Quotes

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself and wipe myself off the face of the earth.

I used to lie a lot as a child, which I now regret. I think it is much easier just to tell the truth.

The weight of lies will bring you down, follow you to every town 'cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there.

If you are going to do something that you have to lie about, don't do it, it's very simple.

Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right home with you. If you cheat in Vegas, you walk home as a cheater. You lie awake at a night a cheater. You cannot escape it.

When you fail to tell the truth, you are kept bound to the past in ways that devastate your soul.

Once in a while, when I was younger, I'd lie, then tell the truth, and I'd feel better.

I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished.

I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

I've told lots of lies in my life. I try not to lie, but I still do. It's very difficult to get to 37 and not be ashamed of something you've done. But I think your life is easier, ultimately, if you're honest.

I don't do much lying in real life because I don't get away with it.

I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.

With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.

One of the great strengths of the Republicans is that they have no guilt and no shame. They’ll say anything.

I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.

Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure.

When I was a little kid, I used to get in trouble a lot for lying. Being raised religious, I believed that lying was sinful, so I felt guilty.

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

You become uneasy with people in direct proportion to how many lies you have to keep track of in their presence.

I'm a very firm believer that a liar is a cheat and a thief and a crook. I don't like liars. I never lie. I always told my own child, "If you murder somebody, tell me. I'll help you hide the body. But don't you lie to me.

An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be uttered. The man who speaks an injurious truth, lest his soul be not saved if he do otherwise, should reflect that that sort of a soul is not strictly worth saving.