One-year-olds learn concealment. Five-year-olds lie outright: they manipulate via flattery. Nine-year-olds - masters of the cover-up. By the time you enter college, you're going to lie to your mom in one out of every five interactions.

Pamela Meyer
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  2. I never lie, " I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love. - Anne Rice

  3. ...maybe it's only fitting that relationship that started with a lie would end with one. - Ally Carter

  4. If you say that you never lie in life, you honestly insult my intelligence. - Toba Beta

  5. Mr Lorry asks the witness questions: Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase, and fell down stairs of his own accord. - Charles Dickens

More Quotes By Pamela Meyer
  1. Lying is a cooperative act. Think about it. A lie has no power whatsoever by its mere utterance. Its power emerges when someone else agrees to believe the lie.

  2. As someone who specializes in deception, I'll tell you this much: When someone insistently implores, 'Believe me, ' don't. Pleading 'believe me' or 'trust me' - insisting to people that you are telling the truth - is a tell-tale sign that you probably aren't.

  3. Business is a battlefield. You need to be able to go to battle with your team members. Like the military. Know them, trust them, and know who you're working with.

  4. Speaking of trust, ever since I wrote this book, 'Liespotting, ' no one wants to meet me in person anymore - no, no, no, no, no. They say, 'It's okay. We'll email you.' I can't even get a coffee date at Starbucks. My husband's like,...

  5. One-year-olds learn concealment. Five-year-olds lie outright: they manipulate via flattery. Nine-year-olds - masters of the cover-up. By the time you enter college, you're going to lie to your mom in one out of every five interactions.

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