Jesse Ball Quotes

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.

It's okay to lie as long as you reach a higher truth doing it.

Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else.

Just because you have a blog doesn't mean that you should, like, lie for no reason.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished.

I try not to do anything that's immoral.

My instructions were, "You don't lie. You put your own interpretation on the truth.

There are times when lying is the most sacred of duties.

Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatsoever. But, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an economy of truth.

I’d love to say that politicians who lie should be indicted, but lying except under oath is not a crime—it’s a moral crime however.

What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong. That's how I live my life.

Sometimes it’s more noble to tell a small lie than to deliver a painful truth.

An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be uttered. The man who speaks an injurious truth, lest his soul be not saved if he do otherwise, should reflect that that sort of a soul is not strictly worth saving.

Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.

If I told you, you might be forced to lie about it. Not that you aren't really good at it, but why put an old man in that position?

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.

Lying is forbidden in Iraq. President Saddam Hussein will tolerate nothing but truthfulness as he is a man of great honour and integrity. Everyone is encouraged to speak freely of the truths evidenced in their eyes and hearts.

not keeping a promise is the same as lying!

I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the body.

When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead.

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted.

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.