I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-John Gotti
Quotations
Lie
The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. In this sense, truth, even if it does not prevail in public, possesses an ineradicable primacy over all falsehoods.
-Hannah Arendt
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological
-Robert Brault
Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
Do not assert with your mouth what your heart denies.
-Yin Chih Wen
If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A lie is just the truth waiting to be itself.
-Terri Guillemets
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-Robert Brault
