lies

I'm very gullible when it comes to my own words. I believe everything I say, though I know I am a liar.

Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie, conversely it cannot be used to tell the truth: it cannot in fact be used "to tell" at all.

And truths, these days, are spokenThe same way promises are made,With gritted teeth and crossed fingers.

Like all fiction, my lies are just my efforts to be truer than the truth.

The hype cheapens the hyped, as right things are then made wrong by exaggeration.

People believe in everything, except the reality.

Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper, and they cut.

Perception is more important than reality. If someone perceives something to be true, it is more important than if it is in fact true.

If truth is relative, then it__ cousin is anarchy.

Don't go out of your way to correct a false assumption if it plays to your advantage.

A lie that could help someone focus on his life was better than a hundred simple truths.

The fact is that nothing is more difficult to believe than the truth; conversely, nothing seduces like the power of lies, the greater the better. It's only natural, and you will have to find the right balance. Having said that, let me add that this particular old woman hasn't been collecting only years; she has also collected stories, and none sadder or more terrible than the one she's about to tell you. You have been at the heart of this story without knowing it until today ...

Lies have always been easier to invent than reality.

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

Telling one lie almost always requires another, and before the storyteller knows it, they will be caught inside of their own web.

It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.

Despite the variety and the differences, and however much we proclaim the contrary, what the media produce is neither spontaneous nor completely __ree:_ __ews_ does not just happen, pictures and ideas do not merely spring from reality into our eyes and minds, truth is not directly available, we do not have unrestrained variety at our disposal. For like all modes of communication, television, radio, and newspapers observe certain rules and conventions to get things across intelligibly, and it is these, often more than the reality being conveyed, that shape the material delivered by the media.

There were lies, and there were lies. Was a secret a lie? If one wanted to protect another?