Famous Quotes & Sayings

Al Franken

Lies, and The Lying Liars who Tell Them

Eddie Vedder

I am a thief, I am a liar, I am George Bush and my son is an asshole.

Abraham Lincoln

The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient.

Samuel Butler

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

Samuel Butler

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Ludwig von Mises

The main propoganda trick of supporters of the allegedly "progressive" policy of government control is to blame capitalism for all that is unsatisfactory in present-day conditions and to extol the blessings of socialism. They have never attempted to prove their fallacious dogmas, all they did was to call their adversaries names and cast suspicion upon their motives. And, unfortunately, the average citizen cannot see through these stratagems. The liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.

A. N. Wilson

Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.

Alan Moore

Truth is a well-known pathological liar. It invariably turns out to be Fiction wearing a fancy frock. Self-proclaimed Fiction, on the other hand, is entirely honest. You can tell this, because it comes right out and says, "I'm a Liar," right there on the dust jacket.

Chris Chelios

Guys like him ruin it for everybody else. It's just embarrassing. Or maybe he's not embarrassed because he probably believes he's not doing it-that's how liars are.

Elizabeth Edwards

You know, everybody knows some of what politicians say is malarkey, and having somebody there to call them on it is good. I'd be happy to do that any time and any place.

Eliot Spitzer

I don't like politicians who vacillate.

Douglas Alexander

Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.

Sunil Mittal

I wanted to prove that a son of a politician can be a successful businessman.

Farooq Abdullah

I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.

David Cross

There's the disingenuous duplicitousness, but you can apply that to every politician, really.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

A great politician has great charisma.

James Zogby

There's nothing more dangerous than a panicked politician.

Jasmine Guinness

I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians.