Doug Larson Quotes

I cannot tell a lie.

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.

I don't tell lies. I don't need to.

It's February the 22ndAnd I can't tell a lie.

There never was a liar that had not a spot in him where he could not help admiring truth.

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.

Do the devils lie? No; for then even hell could not subsist.

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.

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.

George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the truth. Donald Trump is truly the president who can't tell the difference.

Listen honey, would I lie to you to get in your pants?

It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony in a court of law. Honesty is a vital part of having a good reputation.

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.

...he'll never lie - the man is far too wise.

There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause.

It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.

One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.

We are men of action. Lies do not become us.

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

Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.

If you will lie about the little things, before long you’ll lie about bigger things.

All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it is a dangerous habit, for white lies are but the gentleman ushers to black ones.

Leaders must not be naive. I used to say, "Liars shouldn't lie." What a sad waste of words that is! I found out liars are supposed to lie. That's why we call them liars - they lie! What else would you expect them to do?

It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual.

Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.