James Brown Quotes

I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right?

I'll pick "I'm kidding" anytime over "I'm lying."

Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics.

I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I met who had a dog. I asked her her dog's name and then I asked, 'Does he bite?' and she said, 'No.' And I said, 'So how does he eat?' Liar!

It is perhaps being economical with the truth.

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

Many, many people exaggerate their accomplishments, blame their failures on others, and misrepresent reality in order to make themselves look better. This behavior is ubiquitous—sometimes intentional, more often subconscious. In ordinary life, we tolerate it, mutely or not, hoping that we are not as bad as the person whose lies we are listening to.

Many people aren't rich because they're liars.

There wasn't any more truth in over half of what any so-called orator said. If it wasn't a Deliberate Lie, why it was an Exaggerated Falsehood.

Well, I always talk about how I used to work at an insane asylum and stuff, which is true, but to be honest, I just make crap up more than anything else.

Men tend to lie when it comes to sexual conquests. You should hear some of the ego-driven lies my friends have told me: 'Swear to God, man - the hooker gave the money back.'

A lie cannot live.

Do you know what 'meteorologist' means in English? It means liar.

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

Men lie the most. Men lie all the time.

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.

I have always been afraid of banks.

There's a rumor going around that I'm Miss Goody-two-shoes from Australia. Well, that's a laugh. I'm really Miss Goody-two-shoes from England!

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

I think I lie way too much to even know what I've lied about.

I read in the papers how much I'm earning and fall about laughing because I'm sure it's not that much; otherwise, I'd have an enormous boat. I'm literally not the slightest bit interested in money. I just don't pay any attention to money; it's rather vulgar.

Nothing wrong with making money.