Christina Quotes

A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

If your not honest with yourself, how the hell are you gonna be honest with me.

By lying, we deny others a view of the world as it is. Our dishonesty not only influences the choices they make, it often determines the choices they can make—and in ways we cannot always predict. Every lie is a direct assault upon the autonomy of those we lie to.

I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.

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

If I told you, you might be forced to lie about it. Not that you aren't really good at it, but why put an old man in that position?

It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself.

Man is bound to lie about himself

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.

When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.

There's good and bad everywhere in any aspect in life. The only people who we can't really trust are politicians. Because those guys lie to everybody and constantly.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

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

Certainly he [Richard M. Nixon] is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy.

Disown me as a Muslim if I deceive you.

I'm the worst liar - I can't lie for my life. And I don't lie at all, because I'm the worst liar - but as a kid, I thought I was a great liar, so I would lie all the time, but everybody knew I was lying.

People can hold any opinion that they want on any subject that they choose. Just don't proactively lie to people. It's a simple request, really, and one that we don't hear nearly enough.

Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you.

Never, ever cheat, especially yourself, even if you are absolutely, positively sure that you can get away with it.

I was bad, but I was one of the kids that never got caught. If anyone ever knew I did something, it was because I told them. 'Cause I'm a really good liar, so I end up snitching on myself.