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Liar Quotes

Where truth quietly loses ground.

This set traces how a small untruth can eventually flip the whole picture, making honesty itself look suspicious by comparison. One nervous writer confesses to being a rather Bad liar backstage, unsure what to even say.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

Quotes by Aesop

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

Abraham Lincoln

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

Quotes by A. A. Milne

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

Quotes by William Shenstone

Bad Quotes

Anybody who tells you they're not scared when starting a new book project is a very good liar.

Quotes by Uzodinma Iweala

I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.

Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin

I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.

Quotes by Uta Hagen

As a pastor and as a dad, I want my son to know I tell the truth. He can read the book. He knows if I exaggerated or if I didn't. My son is forever gonna believe that I'm an...

Quotes by Todd Burpo

Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

Quotes by Tim Allen

Good Quotes

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Quotes by Tennessee Williams

Everybody is always like, 'You must be a really good liar,' and no, I'm actually a truth teller, and I'm telling someone else's truth. If I'm lying, then I'm not doing my job correctly.

Quotes by Sydney Sweeney

Nature, reason, and Christianity recognize no other. Pride may say Nay; but Pride was always a liar, and a great hater of the truth.

Quotes by Susanna Moodie

I once called the head of a network a liar. In hindsight, I should have called him an incompetent liar.

Quotes by Steven Levitan

Mr. Mr. Mr. Trump... You've been in New York real estate and global real estate and the gaming industry and with politicians. You can't say, reasonably, that Ted Cruz is the biggest liar you've ever seen.

Quotes by Steve Bannon

Great Quotes

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Quotes by Stephen King

No one on the planet Earth is going to be able to look at me on television and say that I'm a liar. It will not happen.

Quotes by Stephen A. Smith

I'm the worst liar in the world.

Quotes by Sonam Kapoor

The slaveholders are terrible for promising to give you this or that, or such and such a privilege, if you will do thus and so, and when the time of fulfillment comes, and one claims the promise, they, forsooth, recollect...

Quotes by Sojourner Truth

You can't call someone a fraud, a liar, and a fake and hide under the First Amendment.

Quotes by Shiva Ayyadurai

Lie Quotes

When you're a liar, a person of low moral fortitude, really any explanation you need to be true can be true. Especially if you're smart enough. You can figure out a way to justify anything.

Quotes by Samuel Witwer

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Liar quotes page about?
It traces how a small untruth can eventually flip an entire picture, making honesty itself look suspicious by comparison.
Is there a quote from someone admitting to being a bad liar?
Yes, one nervous writer admits to being a poor liar backstage, unsure what to even say when caught off guard.
Does this collection explore the idea of artists as truthful liars?
Yes, one voice leans into that exact paradox, calling artistry a kind of sanctioned lying even while insisting the underlying message stays true.
Is there a more serious quote about falsehood spreading?
One line describes how a liar can eventually make truth itself look like falsehood, once the original lie has taken hold.
What other pages pair with Liar quotes?
Try Lie quotes for a closer match, or Good quotes for a contrasting theme.

Another voice leans into the paradox directly, calling artistry itself a kind of sanctioned lying even while insisting the underlying message is true. See also Good and Lie quotes.