“You lie; you always were a liar, and you always will be a liar.”
H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) English writer of adventure novels
Dawn (1884), CHAPTER I
Catch Phrases
Source: http://videosift.com/video/Keith-Olbermann-reduced-to-minute-Olbermann-catchphrases
“You lie; you always were a liar, and you always will be a liar.”
H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) English writer of adventure novels
Dawn (1884), CHAPTER I
“You who speak languages, you are such liars.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Philip Pullman book Northern Lights
Source: His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995), Ch. 15 : The Dæmon Cages
Context: Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.
Gay Talese (1932) American writer
In an interview with David L. Ulin to Los Angeles Times - Gay Talese talks with David L. Ulin http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2010/10/gay-talese-talks-with-david-l-ulin.html (October 15, 2010)
“All men are liars. All women are liars, too.”
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Burn for Me
“You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.”
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind
“The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!”
Tennessee Williams The Rose Tattoo
Rosa, Act Three, Scene Three
The Rose Tattoo (1951)
“Celebrities are invariably celebrity-mad, just as liars always believe liars.”
Gore Vidal (1925–2012) American writer
Source: 1990s, Palimpsest : A Memoir (1995), Ch. 18: To Do Well What Should Not Be Done at All, p. 311