100 Ingenious Ways To Detect Lies Quotes

“It is relatively more difficult to pick up signals that an adult is lying than it is to determine if a child is lying. Adults are more able to try to cover up signs that they may be lying and are more analytical in learning the behaviors that a liar might present so that they can exhibit opposite behaviors. A person who wants to intentionally lie to manipulate others may know some of the signs that they might do while they are lying and try to fight those signals so that you don’t pick up on them while they are lying. The best tactic to use on an adult is to look at a collective of behaviors that the person is displaying while you are asking him or her a direct question. Body language is one of the easiest ways to tell whether an adult is lying. If they try to set something down in-between them and you, this is a defense measure that often indicates they are trying to distance themselves from you because you are making them uncomfortable with your questions. If they point their legs or feet at the door or lean sideways away from you, this is because they want to leave the room and get away from your interrogation.”
― W. Kenn, 100 Ingenious Ways To Detect Lies: How to Spot a Liar Like a Pro

“There are lies that are committed in an environment that may affect the law and legal matters as well. Noble lies can be lies that are told by authority figures in order to maintain safety and adherence to rules or laws. A teacher or police officer may tell a harmless lie to a child in order to convince the child to behave in a manner that is more socially acceptable. If a plaintiff or defendant lies while they are in a court hearing, he or she can be charged with the crime of committing perjury on the stand and can face stiff consequences for doing so.”
― W. Kenn, 100 Ingenious Ways To Detect Lies: How to Spot a Liar Like a Pro

“Sometimes people lie because we have a false sense of self. We want to be someone that we are not. We see ourselves much differently than we truly are. We don’t want to accept our flaws, and we see that others who are prettier, smarter or more successful than us get more recognition, so we may lie in order for other people to like us and for us to like ourselves. People may also lie to and for each other in order to keep secrets or to maintain their privacy from others.”
― W. Kenn, 100 Ingenious Ways To Detect Lies: How to Spot a Liar Like a Pro

“Sometimes facing the truth can be much more painful than facing the repercussions of telling a few lies. When someone tells a lie repeatedly, it can sometimes engrain itself in a person’s memory as the truth, replacing the actual truth as it is perceived by that person.”
― W. Kenn, 100 Ingenious Ways To Detect Lies: How to Spot a Liar Like a Pro

“A person may not just lie to others, but could also be lying to themselves. For example, a person who is in denial about the state of their own mental health may be in denial that they have a drug or alcohol problem and lie to themselves accordingly. The mind does many things in order to protect itself from severe trauma also.”
― W. Kenn, 100 Ingenious Ways To Detect Lies: How to Spot a Liar Like a Pro