Suzy Kassem Quotes

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.

Liars sometimes tell the truth; they don’t tell lies all the time.

… he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

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.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

I'm not a liar.

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.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

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.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

Avoid the company of a liar. And if you can't avoid him, don't believe him.

Have you weaned yourself of your off-putting proclivity for not telling the truth/

I'm the worst liar - I can't lie for my life. And I don't lie at all, because I'm the worst liar - but as a kid, I thought I was a great liar, so I would lie all the time, but everybody knew I was lying.

I'm not a fan of people making up lies, and I do feel I owe it to people to know what the truth is.

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it

As anyone who's ever contracted it knows, lies are an infectious disease. They slip under the almond slivers of your fingernails and into your bloodstream.

If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?

We obviously need the truth. We're living in a country of lies.

One drop of truth can outweigh an ocean of lies.

A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem

Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.

Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful realization: we can be lied to. As I write, I think of myself as putting my eye under oath, so that what I write is the truth about my characters.