“Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a liar.”
Ally Carter book Only the Good Spy Young
Source: Only the Good Spy Young
Walking the Line (2005)
“Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a liar.”
Ally Carter book Only the Good Spy Young
Source: Only the Good Spy Young
“I am a trial lawyer…. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.”
Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) American politician, Governor of New York
New York Times (10 November 1986)
PZ Myers (1957) American scientist and associate professor of biology
at Council for Secular Humanism, October 9, 2010.
Context: I have been told that my position won't win the creationist court cases. Do you think I care? I didn't become a scientist because I want to impress lawyers. The word for people who are neutral about truth is "liars".
“Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long.”
William Faulkner book The Sound and the Fury
Source: The Sound and the Fury
“Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.”
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician
Letter to A.N. Pleshcheev (October 9, 1888)
Letters
“No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth.”
Sara Shepard (1973) Author
Source: Heartless
“One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar.”
Henry Miller (1891–1980) American novelist