Sophie Hannah Quotes

I'm a very firm believer that a liar is a cheat and a thief and a crook. I don't like liars. I never lie. I always told my own child, "If you murder somebody, tell me. I'll help you hide the body. But don't you lie to me.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.

Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth and then clean up an honest mess.

You want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught.

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

A small lie, if it actually is a lie, condemns a man as much as a big and black falsehood. If a man will deliberately cheat to the amount of a single cent, give him opportunity and he would cheat to any amount.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.

I never really tell lies, and sometimes it has worked against me.

I would never lie about another professional.

Speak the truth. People will forgive an honest mistake; they won't forgive you if you lie.

The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier to deal with and easier to live with.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

An honorable man or woman is one who is truthful; free from deceit; above cheating, lying, stealing, or any form of deception. An honorable man or woman is one who learns early that one cannot do wrong and feel right. A man's character is judged on how he keeps his word and his agreements.

On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.

I'd rather deal with the consequences of the truth rather than the benefits of a lie.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

My dad one time 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. I think about that a lot. I used to not be really honest with girls and then I dropped a song called "Starry Room" and then I started turning over a new leaf. Now, I'm completely honest with girls all the time and they just get mad at me.

Dyson's Law: Do ask; don't lie.

Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

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.

You cannot lie ever, because a lie destroys the credibility of the product, and credibility is more important than anything. Credibility's even more important than clarity.

A lie is a very short wick in a very small lamp. The oil of reputation is very soon sucked up and gone. And just as soon as a man is known to lie, he is like a two-foot pump in a hundred-foot well. He cannot touch bottom at all.