Mendacium Quotes

#1. He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie.
[Lat., Qui semel a veritate deflexit, hic non majore religione ad perjurium quam ad mendacium perduci consuevit.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#2. I love goofing around, and I love breaking people's balls. I do it off camera, as well as on camera.

Vinnie Jones

#3. Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems.

Fritz Sauckel

#4. The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession movement is no surprise.

Gail Collins

#5. Wyndham's is a beautiful old theatre. The sensation on the stage isn't as different as you might think from the Royal Court.

Sophie Thompson

#6. I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?

Orlando Bloom

#7. I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.

Karen Carpenter

#8. But surely she could be excused just a tiny touch of nasty in the privacy of her own head?

Terry Pratchett

#9. For the love of broken beavers, do you two ever take a break?

Helena Hunting

#10. Claire sighed. She supposed people always did like that sort of girl, and always would. And secretly? She envied Monica's confidence. Maybe just a little, traitorous bit.

Rachel Caine

#11. You are a blue rose, Letti. It's almost impossible that you exist amongst the other roses but you do. You bring wonder to those who are lucky enough to find you.

S.R. Crawford

#12. My parents were just carried out of the building in the service elevator," he shouted at the cops. "They were vile, but they didn't deserve to be taken out with the trash!

James Patterson

#13. At the request of the special counsel, Mr. Rove will not discuss the substance of his testimony.

Robert Luskin

#14. A successful marriage requires falling in love many times
always with the same person.

Mignon McLaughlin