Metaphorically True/Quotes

"Max: You killed him!

Vincent: No, I shot him. The bullets and the fall killed him."

- Collateral

"A halbe emes iz a gantse lign.

(Half a truth is a whole lie.)"

- Yiddish proverb

"And I will not lie to you

But I definitely only gave you half the truth..."

- The Kaiser Chiefs, Half the Truth

"Jedi Exile: Well, lying is lying, even from a "certain point of view.""

- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2

"Obi Wan: What I told you was true...from a certain point of view.

Luke: That's Jedi code for 'I just lied my butt off', isn't it?"

- Irregular Webcomic

"Harry: I've never lied to you, I've always told you some version of the truth.

Erica: The truth doesn't have versions, okay?"

- Something's Gotta Give

"Laura: But... I thought you said you worked in a hotel? How can you afford this?!

Sixx: I said I worked in the hotel business. Which I do. By which I meant I own a few hundred..."

- Collar 6

"In a manner of speaking, yes. In another manner of speaking, which is a rather more precise and accurate manner of speaking, no."

- Carrot's father, Discworld: Guards! Guards!

"The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes, look behind words that have changed their meaning."

- Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies