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