Matt Bevin Quotes

I can tell very quickly when people are lying.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.

Washington could not tell a lie; Nixon could not tell the truth; Reagan cannot tell the difference.

If you look like you're hiding something, we're more likely to swipe left.

You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it.

I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to.

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

The truth just happens - lies take time to make.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

I can't establish the veracity of what people say because only they know whether they are telling the truth. I can't look into your mind, can I?

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

Anybody can make something up and have it sound believable. The hard part is remembering all the lies you've told, and all the people you've told them to, and then living the lies that have become your life.

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.

People who are deceptive themselves have a really good ear for deception. They know when somebody's telling the truth or not, and so one of the ways around that is to always be telling the truth - or some version of it.

Before speaking without knowledge, saying lies, you have to present evidence.