People Who Lie Quotes

• Everyone lies to themselves, but many people do it with good intentions. They want to believe what they tell themselves, it is oftentimes the best possible version of reality for them. Although it may not be accurate, it is a mural of their desires, aspirations, optimism and passion. These people usually either need time or a new experience to discover the truth. People who lie to themselves for different reasons are oftentimes trying to avoid something or escape blame for things they have done.

  Ashly Lorenzana

  Lying, Believe, Passion

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• There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Peace, War, Lying

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• The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all.

  Dashiell Hammett

  Lying, Believe, Thinking

  Dashiell Hammett (1965). “Novels”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• You know what happens to people who lie. They get sick and they get cancer. If they keep lying, they get it again.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Cancer, Lying, People

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• People who lie, cheat and steal in relationships are communicating that they have such an inferior view of themselves that they are not worthy of another's trust.

  Chip R. Bell

  Lying, Views, People

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• Share ownership of your ideas. The more people who lie awake in bed thinking about your idea, the better.

  Scott Belsky

  Lying, Thinking About You, Ideas

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• People who lie to themselves about investing are the same as overweight people who blame their genes for their obesity.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Lying, People, Marketing

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• There are people who lie simply for the sake of lying.

  Blaise Pascal

  Lying, People, Sake

  Blaise Pascal (1999). “Pensées and Other Writings”, p.136, Oxford University Press, USA

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