Tim Allen (1953) American actor, voiceover artist and comedian
As quoted in Land Your Dream Job : High-Performance Techniques to Get Noticed, Get Hired, and Get Ahead (2007) by John Middleton, Ken Langdon, and Nikki Cartwright
“The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.”
— Samuel Butler, book The Way of All Flesh
Ch. 39 http://books.google.com/books?id=wZAEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+best+liar+is+he+who+makes+the+smallest+amount+of+lying+go+the+longest+way%22&pg=PA190#v=onepage <br class="br">The Way of All Flesh (1903)
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