Margaret Millar Quotes

There is nothing that you could say to me now that I could ever believe.

As someone who specializes in deception, I'll tell you this much: When someone insistently implores, 'Believe me,' don't. Pleading 'believe me' or 'trust me' - insisting to people that you are telling the truth - is a tell-tale sign that you probably aren't.

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

We didn't exactly believe your story.' Then --?' 'We believed your two hundred dollars.' 'You mean --' She seemed not to know what he meant. 'I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth,' he explained blandly, 'and enough more to make it all right.

Never believe your eyes

Nothing ever guarantees you anything-that's my rule. My other rule is never believe anything that anyone tells you, and then you'll never be fooled. It's not as cynical as it sounds; it's just that people always say something for a reason-maybe a nice reason, maybe a devious reason-so on that level, you can't take things at face value.

The story she had told me was possible, but it was not believable.

I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.

Careful there, Poet. I might start to believe you.

Believe flatterers and you're lost; believe your enemies and you despair.

Since the Drive-Bys are involved, I'm sorry, folks, I just never, ever do I accept anything, I don't care what. If it's football, if it's the space program, if it's anything, I automatically do not believe it.

Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.

For the record, I don't expect you to believe any of this. Not really. I'm a liar by trade, after all; albeit, I like to think, an honest liar.

Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple.' Ah, well, I'm not sure I believe that.

What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked. “I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said. “Have you known me to lie before?” “The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.

A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

When regard for truth has been broken down or even slightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

People never believe you.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

If I tell you a story, you can choose to believe me, or you can question it.

Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.