Lorrie Moore Quotes

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

A man will pass better through the world with a thousand open errors upon his back than in being detected in one sly falsehood. When one is detected, a thousand are suspected.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

I just feel like Brits are honest - period. And that's what I like.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

[Ross Perot] thinks that proclaiming honesty is the same as being honest.

No matter what you do, be honest. That sticks out in Washington.

I'm honest.

On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.

Honesty is praised and left in the cold.

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

They say that in Hollywood one can't be honest, but I think honesty counts in Hollywood just as much as it does anywhere else. I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself.

As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of style.

Everyone seems to be running against a liar, but nobody seems to be one. Odd - I mean, the math doesn't work out.

Never tell a lie-except for practice.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really.

If a woman is dishonest, that kills it for me. I can't even talk to her anymore.

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

I'm a really rotten liar. Generally, if I've tried to pull off a lie, it hasn't worked out to my advantage.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.