Timothy Noah Quotes

I was on a train of lies. I couldn't jump off.

Oh, I love to lie. That's one of my favorite things in the world, coming up to somebody, especially press people, and telling them some enormous lie that couldn't possibly be true.

[Richard Cheney is] an unabashed bender of the truth.

Men lie the most. Men lie all the time.

I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.

I was a good liar as a child.

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

I couldn't tell the truth if my life depended on it.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth.

The certainty with which Cameron informed MPs and Shadow ministers of the specifics of a Labour offer that never actually existed suggests a degree of flexibility with the truth.

The lie is a condition of life.

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.

I'm a really bad liar.

People for the most part can smell lies.

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.

… the most transparent liar I have ever met

Tell them I lied.