Richard Steele Quotes

Lies are usually attempts to make everything simpler - for the liar - than it really is, or ought to be.

I lie a lot - it's really useful.

I have a certain experience of the way people tell lies.

The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake.

People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

To be a liar, you've got to have a great memory, and I don't have a memory.

The thing about lying is, it is quite exhausting - you have to remember a lot.

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!

The lie, of course, is more interesting.

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

Lies can destroy, but not create.

We're all liars when it serves our purpose.

Lies, lies are the place where darkness grows.

I realize how quickly lies compound. They cover like a coat of paint, one on top of the other, until you cannot remember what color you started with.

It seems too easy to lie in the moment but you always have to tell more lies on top of it to cover your tracks.

Any statement beginning with the words 'In truth' is almost always a lie.

Nothing is rarer than a solitary lie; for lies breed like Surinam toads; you cannot tell one but out it comes with a hundred young ones on its back.

Note to self: Rachel Morgan is a totally awesome liar.

Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

One little lie or dishonest act leads to another until the perpetrator is caught in the web of deceit.

How easy it was to lie when one had to lie!

Lies require commitment.