Nothing good comes from lying.
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Quotes tagged ‘lying’
There's a simple solution. It's called lying.
— David Iserson, Susanna Fogel, Morgan, Kate McKinnon, imdb.com
Dr. Lee: You lied in your application, you lied at the audition where you play the required piece, and you lied to me. Devon: I didn’t think it was that big a deal. Dr. Lee: [hands some sheet music to Devon] Play that. [sits down] Dr. Lee: That’s the music for next week’s game and you can’t read it.…
— Shawn Schepps, Tina Gordon Chism, Dr. Lee, Orlando Jones, imdb.com
The question is never simply if someone is lying. It's why.
I don't have much faith in words myself.
You are old enough to be blamed for everything we have ever stolen.
— Michelle Dean, Dee Dee Blanchard, Patricia Arquette, imdb.com
You don't have to lie, just tell her to ignore when I'm lying.
— James Vanderbilt, Nicholas "Nick" Spitz, Adam Sandler, imdb.com
Crowley: Something's changed. Aziraphale: Oh, it's new cologne. My barber suggested it. Crowley: Not you. I know what you smell like. The Hell Hound has found its master. Aziraphale: Are you sure? Crowley: I felt it. Would I lie to you? Aziraphale: Well, obviously. You're a demon. That's what you do…
Lucilla: What did my father want with you? Maximus: To wish me well before I leave for home. Lucilla: You’re lying, I could always tell when you were lying because you were never any good at it. Maximus: I never acquired your comfort with it. Lucilla: True, but then you never had to, life is more si…
— David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson, Maximus Decimus Meridius, imdb.com
When we have leaders who lie and bully and attack a free press and undermine our democratic institutions, that's not our America.
Tellin' me you love me, but I've heard it before. Stayin' out till the mornin', I can hear the door. Tellin' me you're different, but you're just like the rest. I can smell all the whiskey and the smoke on your breath.
Nobody ever lies about being lonely.
— Daniel Taradash, James Jones, Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt, Montgomery Clift, imdb.com
Did you know that the metronome inside us quickens when telling a lie? I want to build an honest house, where the motion detector is so sharp it knows when my thoughts leave the room. Where the clap-on lamp works as a polygraph. When you swear you still love me, the lights flicker.
Hardest time to lie to somebody is when they're expecting to be lied to.
Your instructions said I can lie. Do you lie?
— Michael Mitnick, Robert B. Weide, Jonas, Brenton Thwaites, imdb.com
Oh, all the time. Mostly for personal amusement—but I won't lie to you.
— Michael Mitnick, Robert B. Weide, The Giver, Jeff Bridges, imdb.com
Tiffany: You let me lie to you for a week? Pat: I was trying to be romantic.
— David O. Russell, Tiffany Maxwell, Jennifer Lawrence, imdb.com
A lie is just a great story that someone ruined with the truth.
— Carter Bays, Barney Stinson, Neil Patrick Harris, imdb.com
Dr. Deb Chaman: Are you still drinking? Everett Backstrom: Absolutely not! Dr. Deb Chaman: When a patient says "Absolutely not!", he's absolutely lying. Everett Backstrom: If you Hindus are so smart, how come 98 percent of you live at the dump?
Stacey: We're never going to get out. Oh my god. Gert: What happened? Stacey: You wouldn't understand. Gert: Really? Just like I wouldn't understand you were lying about the hedgehog?
— Tamara Becher-Wilkinson, Gert Yorkes, Ariela Barer, imdb.com