David Hume Quotes

The average person tells a few white lies.

When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it.

The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.

There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics.

The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.

I think I was probably always a liar; I just get paid for it now.

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

People love to yammer on about things that aren't real.

A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication.

Liars are always most disposed to swear.

I'm more of an exaggerator than a liar.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

People can lie in letters, but they tend not to. They certainly lie in memoirs.

The biggest insult is that I've been called an exaggerator... I tell the truth as I know it. I don't glamorize the nightmare and horror that I witness; I just digest it and spew it back, with venom.

When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.

I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.

It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. I was being economical with the truth.

… the most transparent liar I have ever met

It is perhaps being economical with the truth.

A falsehood in which some truth is not stated at the beginning, cannot be maintained in the end.

Liars ought to have good memories.

Donald Trump treats the truth like a second home. He doesn't always live there.

I freaking hate liars.

We lie more to strangers than we lie to co-workers. Extroverts lie more than introverts. Men lie eight times more about themselves than they do other people. Women lie more to protect other people.