“Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society.”

“Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society. Don't get me wrong-I think it's necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in a society where total honesty prevails. Can you imagine the conversations? You're short and fat, one person might say, and the other might answer, I know. But you smell bad. It just wouldn't work. So people lie by omission all the time. People will tell you most of the story...and I've learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they're afraid." -Jo”

“Some people say it's easy to lie. This may be true for them, but the hard part is remembering the lie because a lie has no memory.”

“It's the basic truth of the human condition: everybody lies.”

“To be fully alive is to have an aesthetic perception of life because a major part of the world's goodness lies in its often unspeakable beauty.”

“A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom.”