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Why, thou deboshed fish thou ... Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster? — William Shakespeare

Children wear their natures like brightly-colored clothes; that's why they lie so transparently. Adulthood is the art of deceit. — Robert Charles Wilson

Almost anyone can lie on their back, close their eyes and think of France."
"It's England."
"Why would anyone think of England during sex? — Tiffany Reisz

People say a lie is just a lie, but I say why deny the obvious child. — Paul Simon

And I finally understood something--why had it taken me so long? Sometimes people lie because they love you. — Heidi Tankersley

Why am I in Hell? It hurts. It hurts all the time. Why am I in Hell? I just want to go home and lie on the bed the way I used to. Please take me home. — Grant Morrison

A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written. — Tim O'Brien

Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie? — Sogyal Rinpoche

You lie, just by the look of your face the muscles which you move I can understand this. But I can't understand why do you do that? — Deyth Banger

Why lie, Robert? Why lie? You know that lying is the alcoholics kryptonite, you can't afford it, the reasonable voice in his head screamed. — Gudjon Bergmann

Why do we grow up thinking life should be fair? Who told us that it should be? Because it never is, and finding that out ... hurts worse than a lie. — Mercedes Lackey

If I told you, you might be forced to lie about it. Not that you aren't really good at it, but why put an old man in that position? — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

I guess I feel the same way about being a corpse. Why lie around on your back when you can do something interesting and new, something useful? — Mary Roach

Kill, Destroy, Sack, Tell lie; how much you want after victory nobody asks why?
uncited source — Adolf Hitler

Lie on your stomach," I ordered between kisses.
He pulled away. "Why?"
"Just do it. — Shaye Evans

Girls fall in love with what they hear.
Boys fall in love with what they see.
That's why girls wear makeup and boys lie. — Anonymous

Why do they lie?" she asked herself aloud. "They say time makes losing someone you loved easier to deal with, but it only makes it worse. — Rebecca McNutt

There wasn't any more truth in over half of what any so-called orator said. If it wasn't a Deliberate Lie, why it was an Exaggerated Falsehood. — Will Rogers

I don't ask why patients lie, I just assume they all do.
-Greg House — House

Why do you fight it?" I whisper.
"Because this is wrong. I lost my head for a moment. I'd blame the alcohol but that would be a lie. — N. Michaels

In 5 minutes, 1 minute and many other phrases most of them are a lie..., but why do we say them? — Deyth Banger

Why lie? I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others do. — Cristiano Ronaldo

I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth. — Eric Carr

I don't know why I made all that fuss the other day. No that's a lie. I do know why. It's because I'm an idiot. — Alice Oseman

But you know what you are, and what you deserve. You lie to me but not to yourself. That's why I love you. — Rosamund Hodge

You want me to lie to you? said McKay. I shrugged. Why not? I didn't mind lies. — Alice Hoffman

Anger doesn't have to be expressed. It is enough to know that you're angry, and know why, and not lie to yourself about it. — Robert B. Parker

Why can you believe the lie, but not the truth? — Stephenie Meyer

When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why. — Larry King

A lie is more profitable than the truth. That is why we have elections. — Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character. — Todd Rundgren

I'll tell you why yes, because why people lie is, because when people stop lying you know they've stopped caring. — William Gaddis

This isn't a lie, actually. I don't care why Edward left. All I really want to know is why I wasn't enough to make him stay. — Jodi Picoult

Experience has tutored me well that most will lie or cheat to get the better hand. It's why I prefer solitude to social interaction.
- Bethany — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Life asked Death 'why do people love me, but hate you?'. Death responded 'because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth'. — Unknown

Why do politicians lie?
Because people like being lied to.
Just look at any political rally.
P.S. You're great! — Alan VanMeter

Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful. — James Hall

Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile? — Richelle E. Goodrich

Why should we rise because 'tis light?
Did we lie down because t'was night? — William Shakespeare

The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth. — Vernon Howard

What's wrong is that every morning and every night, I lie in bed wondering why you're not beside me. — K.A. Tucker

Poets are sitting in my kitchen.
Why do these poets lie?
Why do children get children and
Did you hear what it said? — Anne Sexton

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while. — Max Eastman

One day I'm gonna bust, blow up on this society, why did you lie to me, I couldn't find a trace of humanity. — Tupac Shakur

We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth? — Jean Rostand

Now, why would a dead girl lie?
Hey! That sounds like a joke. Why would a dead girl lie? Answer: Because she can't stand up. — Jay Asher