Emma Mackey Quotes

A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication.

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

Most people try to isolate themselves and pretend like things are all good when a lot of times, that's not how it is.

No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had ever been less fine.

Really, according to the shrinks, I am angry at everyone ever. Especially them. I am all anger and resentment all the time. Not one of them has ever suggested that maybe I lie because the world is better the way I tell it.

We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another.

I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins, 'Have you read - .'

Lying is not only saying what isn't true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler.

I'm just very good at pretending.

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

I'm a really bad liar.

We all lie to each other, present some sort of front.

Mr. Trump regularly lies and, when confronted with contrary evidence, he lies louder.

Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.

I promise you, I'm fake sometimes, but other times I'm like, dude sit down.

Live a lie, and you will live to regret it; that's what livin' is to me.

I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.

Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.

To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness.

A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time.

Weaklings must lie.

Men lie the most. Men lie all the time.

I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

If I told people that I knew what I was doing, nobody would believe me, so why even try and fake it?