Lying quotes

“- Novalee Nation: I lied to you, when you asked me if I loved you, and I said no. Remember?
- Forney Hull: Yes.
- Novalee Nation: I lied. It wasn't true, I love you. It's just I lied because I thought you deserved something better.
- Forney Hull: Something better than you? Novalee, there isn't anything better than you.”
Natalie Portman - Novalee Nation
James Frain - Forney Hull

“New York City. Home to 8 million people. Roughly half of whom are men. Which means half of the city is genetically predisposed to lie to the other half.”
Monica Potter - Amanda

“I lie 'cause I do love you. Being honest would mean I don't give a fuck. Out on the street, I tell the hoes the truth. I lie to you because I care about your feelings.”
Tyrese Gibson - Joseph Summers

- Jane Smith: My parents died when I was five. I'm an orphan.
- John Smith: Who was that kind fellow who gave you away at our wedding?
- Jane Smith: Paid actor.
- John Smith: I said, I said I saw your dad on "Fantasy Island"!
Angelina Jolie - Jane Smith
Brad Pitt - John Smith

“- Ron Burgundy: Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale's vagina.
- Veronica Corningstone: No, there's no way that's correct.
- Ron Burgundy: I'm sorry, I was trying to impress you.”
Will Ferrell - Ron Burgundy
Christina Applegate - Veronica Corningstone

“I certainly had him pegged wrong, didn’t I? I thought he was just a rat, but he was a super rat all along - a super rat in rat’s clothing”
Audrey Hepburn - Holly Golightly

“He's a recognized authority figure: I mean, he's supposed to be lied to!”
Zach Lipovsky - Funnel Head

“Power comes from lying. Lying big, and gettin' the whole damn world to play along with you. Once you got everybody agreeing with what they know in their hearts ain't true, you've got 'em by the balls.”
Powers Boothe - Senator Roark

“That's a pie crust promise; easily made, easily broken!”
Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins

“You a politician, or does lying just run in your family?”
Mary Stuart Masterson - Idgie Threadgoode

“Sometimes, it's easier living the lie.”
Tom Hanks - Carl Hanratty

“- Laurie Rorbach: Are you following me?
- Joe Slovak: Well, I have to you see. I've told everybody I know we're dating. So, you see I have to be seen with you outside of class or they'll think I'm lying.”
Daphne Zuniga - Laurie Rorbach
Matthew Modine - Joe Slovak

“- George Peters: I told you I was a married man with two children.
- Doris: You're not?
- George Peters: I'm a married man with three children... I thought it would make me seem less married. All right, I didn't think it through, all right? There's been like a lead weight inside me all morning. I mean, denying little Debbie like that!”
Alan Alda - George Peters
Ellen Burstyn - Doris

“- Kermit Newman: Laine Hanson is my absolute first choice.
- Shelly Runyon: I want someone like you in my poker game.”

Sam Elliott - Kermit Newman
Gary Leonard Oldman - Shelly Runyon

“Oh, how ya doing Mom? Yeah, no everything is fine. No, Mrs. Sturak's not here. She um, she went to the yarn store. Yeah, she's crocheting this massive doily for the couch! I... I gotta go Mom.”

Keith Coogan - Kenny

“- Frank Abagnale Jr.: Brenda, I don't want to lie to you anymore. All right? I'm not a doctor. I never went to medical school. I'm not a lawyer, or a Harvard graduate, or a Lutheran. Brenda, I ran away from home a year and a half ago when I was 16.
- Brenda Strong: Frank? Frank? You're not a Lutheran?”
Leonardo DiCaprio - Frank Abagnale Jr.
Amy Adams - Brenda Strong

“- Captain Bipto: We did win, didn't we?
- Blaznee: No, but if we think fast enough we might just live to lie about it.”
Jimmy Briscoe - Captain Bipto
Kevin Thompson - Blaznee

“You're going to be infamous, boy, take my word for it. And do you know what such a scandal can do? It never goes away. Not for you, not for your parents. And besides, lying to judges and reporters isn't as easy as you think. You'd have to be brilliant. Can you do that? I know I can.”

Sir Ian McKellen - Kurt Dussander

“Come on kids! You gonna listen to him? He drinks where he pees.”
Mike Myers - The Cat

“- Anne Strieber: Where are you going?
- Whitley Strieber: I'm going out for some cigarettes.
- Anne Strieber: You don't smoke.”
Lindsay Crouse - Anne Strieber
Christopher Walken - Whitley Strieber

“- Miss Hannigan: Annie, tell these people how good I've always been to ya!
- Annie: Miss Hannigan, I would. But the one thing you always taught me was... Never tell a lie.”
Kathy Bates - Miss Agatha Hannigan
Alicia Morton - Annie Bennett

“I don't think an adult of your intelligence should be commended for simply, at long last, telling the truth.”

Joseph Attanasio - Congressman Derounian

“- Dick Goodwin: I know you're lying.
- Charles Van Doren: Bluffing. The word is bluffing.”

Rob Morrow - Dick Goodwin
Ralph Fiennes - Charles Van Doren

“I don't know once I start lying, I can't stop. It's kind of addictive.”
Katherine Heigl - Nicole

“Why does anyone lie? ‘Cause we're scared? Or crazy? Or just mean? There's a million reasons why a person lies, but sometimes, you tell a lie so big that it changes your whole life.”
Dylan Bruno - Willy Jack Pickens