Philippa Gregory Quotes

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

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

I don't have any reason to lie about anything.

I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.

Listen to the Chair Leg of Truth! It does not lie!

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.

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.

And if that isn't the truth, it would be a lie.

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

Everything I say is true.

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

I'm not a liar.

The poet nothing affirmeth and therefore never lieth.

I stand 100 percent by the truth, exactly what happened.

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.

If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.

When the truth changes from your speaking, you know you have told the truth.

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.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

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

Liars sometimes tell the truth; they don’t tell lies all the time.