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There are three degrees of comparison, it is said, in lying. There are lies, there are outrageous lies, and there are statistics." That phrase can be found in Nature, page 74 November 26, 1885: "A well-known lawyer, now a judge, once grouped witnesses into three classes: simple liars, damned liars, and experts. He did not mean that the expert ...
In what Philip Rucker describes as "an apparent nod" to Trump, former FBI Director James Comey reflects on "the psychology of liars". Comey recalls being a prosecutor against the Mafia, his time in the Trump administration, and the loyalty pledge he was asked to make but refused: The silent circle of assent.
Many academics and observers who study the American political scene have called Trump unique or highly unusual in his lying and its effect on political discourse. "It has long been a truism that politicians lie," wrote Carole McGranahan for the American Ethnologist in 2017, but "Donald Trump is different". He is the most "accomplished and ...
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
Since David himself is a man, it follows that he also is lying; but if he is lying because every man is a liar, his lying is of a different sort. [ 3 ] The Indian grammarian-philosopher Bhartrhari (late fifth century AD) was well aware of a liar paradox which he formulated as "everything I am saying is false" (sarvam mithyā bravīmi).
Lying to Get a Job: Nine Famous Fibbers. Barbara Safani. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:13 PM. According to an AOL Jobs Survey, one out of four people say they have lied or embellished the truth on ...
Walk down Reader's Digest memory lane with these quotes from famous people throughout the decades. The post 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Adolf Hitler in the early 1920s, about the time he began writing Mein Kampf (1925). A big lie (German: große Lüge) is a gross distortion or misrepresentation of the truth primarily used as a political propaganda technique.