Marcel Marceau Quotes

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interest of the country.

I’ll lie as much as the next guy when my country’s interests are involved—if I have a chance of being believed..

White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.

If you believe that their real intention is to kill you, it isn't unreasonable to believe that they would lie to you.

A lie should be trampled on and extinguished wherever found.

Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

Only lie about the future.

Stone's Rules exist because sometimes the truth is too painful, and the lies will land you in prison.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

Lying is the greatest of all sins.

I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.

Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.

I don't like to tell lies.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.

Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have.

Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.

My dad once told me, he was like, 'The only time you should lie is when someone's holding a gun to your head and says 'Okay, lie or I'm going to shoot you.' And that really stuck with me.

It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. A person who lies is thereby responding to the truth, and he is to that extent respectful of it.

If I had any deadly secrets, I wouldn't still be alive.

Even good people are obliged to deceive.

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.