lie

A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.

The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart.

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

I try to lie as much as I can when I'm interviewed. It's reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they'll print the truth.

It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say. You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

People can choose between the sweet lie or the bitter truth. I say the bitter truth, but many people don't want to hear it.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best.

Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.