Adam DeVine Quotes

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

If you have the ability to convince somebody of something that you don't necessarily think is the case, it's a valuable asset. Not that I'm, like, a pathological liar, but we spend most of the day not fully being honest, you know?

People tell all sorts of lies in order to live. That enables friendships to form and love to blossom.

Nearly everyone will lie to you, given the right circumstances.

I was a little ham and was a very open kid, probably because I was around adults all the time. That also forced me to grow up fast, and I learned at an early age about how people lie and deceive each other.

I always find the worst lies are told in relationships - I learned to never lie about your happiness in order to save someone's feelings from being hurt.

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

I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically.

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.

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

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of.

Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.

I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

Little white lies are part of everyday life. If you're in court being charged with a felony, you're probably going to be tempted to lie. Or if your girlfriend asks you if the sweater she is wearing makes her look fat; you're going to lie because you love that person. There are different reasons and justifications to lie; it's human nature.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

People can tell the truth much more freely when they're apparently lying.

When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me.

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.

We're a nation of liars. But I mean that in the kindest sense.