The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.
Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.
I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.
The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy.