Lie to Me Quotes
Gillian Foster: Hurdles?
Cal Lightman: Could have run hurdles.
Gillian Foster: Please.
Cal Lightman: Could have run hurdles.
Gillian Foster: Please.
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Prosecutor: And personally, I think what you do is a joke. It's a freaking carnival act.
Cal Lightman: Oh, yeah, yeah, I get that a lot.
Cal Lightman: Oh, yeah, yeah, I get that a lot.
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Ria Torres: (picking up a briefcase full of money) Oh don't forget your briefcase.
Cal Lightman: That's your signing bonus.
Cal Lightman: That's your signing bonus.
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Politician: (referring to Cal) He's a better liar than you are.
Gillian Foster: He's a better liar than all of us.
Gillian Foster: He's a better liar than all of us.
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Eli Loker: Have I mentioned that your office looks like it belongs to a serial killer?
Cal Lightman: Several times.
Cal Lightman: Several times.
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Gillian Foster: Emily's a smart girl. You have to trust her.
Cal Lightman: No, her mother's a smart girl, too, and I trusted her.
Cal Lightman: No, her mother's a smart girl, too, and I trusted her.
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Emily Lightman: Ah, Dan's early.
Cal Lightman: Yeah, and about that. I know your mother's out of town, you got the keys and Dan has a car.
Emily Lightman: No, we're not doing this. You just go let Dan in while I finish getting ready. And you better not do some covert scientific technique to find out what we're doing or not doing tonight. Promise!
Cal Lightman: No covert science, I promise.
Cal Lightman: Yeah, and about that. I know your mother's out of town, you got the keys and Dan has a car.
Emily Lightman: No, we're not doing this. You just go let Dan in while I finish getting ready. And you better not do some covert scientific technique to find out what we're doing or not doing tonight. Promise!
Cal Lightman: No covert science, I promise.
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Cal;Hi, Dan.
Dan: Hi, Dr. Lightman.
Cal Lightman: Are you going to try to have sex with my daughter tonight? [smiles and nods his head as he reads Dan's expression.]
Dan: Hi, Dr. Lightman.
Cal Lightman: Are you going to try to have sex with my daughter tonight? [smiles and nods his head as he reads Dan's expression.]
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Gillian Foster: You think I'm naive just because I don't share your twisted view of the world.
Cal Lightman: That and you read romance novels.
Gillian Foster: Yes I do, because they make me happy. A pursuit I highly recommend to you.
Cal Lightman: That and you read romance novels.
Gillian Foster: Yes I do, because they make me happy. A pursuit I highly recommend to you.
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Ria Torres: So you lie to your partner about her husband and you lie to the people who hired us. What am I supposed to believe about you?
Cal Lightman: You believe whatever you want. That's what everyone else does.
Cal Lightman: You believe whatever you want. That's what everyone else does.
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Cal Lightman: What do you see?
Gillian Foster: I see an skeptical, emotionally distant scientist obsessing over facial twitches.
Gillian Foster: I see an skeptical, emotionally distant scientist obsessing over facial twitches.
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Eli Loker: I would not have pegged you for a hoops geek.
Gillian Foster: You know the fifth-grade boy with the vintage Dr. J poster and the instant recall of his career stats. (Eli nods) I was that boy.
Gillian Foster: You know the fifth-grade boy with the vintage Dr. J poster and the instant recall of his career stats. (Eli nods) I was that boy.
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Ria Torres: Hey, what's up with the mime act?
Cal Lightman: You ask the questions, I observe.
Gillian Foster: Dr. Lightman finds asking questions distracting. He prefers to watch.
Cal Lightman: You ask the questions, I observe.
Gillian Foster: Dr. Lightman finds asking questions distracting. He prefers to watch.
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(Cal is getting handsy with Sergeant Scott.)
Cal Lightman: Quite a bicep you've got there. You must really love the weight room, huh? I don't normally mix business with pleasure, but... wow. And, I was wondering you fancy grabbing a drink later?
Sergeant Scott: Ahh, I'm not gay. And isn't this a little inappropriate?
Cal Lightman: Absolutely.
Sergeant Scott: Right. Excuse me.
Ria Torres: What the hell was that?
Cal Lightman: I love a man in uniform, you know?
Cal Lightman: Quite a bicep you've got there. You must really love the weight room, huh? I don't normally mix business with pleasure, but... wow. And, I was wondering you fancy grabbing a drink later?
Sergeant Scott: Ahh, I'm not gay. And isn't this a little inappropriate?
Cal Lightman: Absolutely.
Sergeant Scott: Right. Excuse me.
Ria Torres: What the hell was that?
Cal Lightman: I love a man in uniform, you know?
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Ria Torres: You really think a woman would lie about rape?
Cal Lightman: Unpleasant truths, human mortality, mustache on a woman... three things we'd all prefer to ignore.
Cal Lightman: Unpleasant truths, human mortality, mustache on a woman... three things we'd all prefer to ignore.
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(Ria smirks slightly at Cal.)
Cal Lightman: You know, generally, it's not a good idea to call your boss an idiot.
Ria Torres: I didn't say you were an idiot.
Cal Lightman: Yeah, but your buccinator did. Oh, that's a pretty impressive combination of contempt and disgust.
Ria Torres: (backs up against the wall) I-- I-- I--
Cal Lightman: Apology accepted.
. . .
(Ria is told that Seagrent Scott may have raped someone else in the platoon. She doesn't say anything.)
Cal Lightman: Ahh, your buccinator is playing up again.
Ria Torres: It's not-- I didn't say..
Cal Lightman: Oh, look, now you're embarrassed. Well, you have every reason to be. You did get it wrong, didn't you? I mean, Sergeant Scott didn't rape Sheila Lake.
Gillian Foster: Cal!
Cal Lightman: Look, she's the one making snide remarks. Look at her face.
Ria Torres: How do people work here?
. . .
(Gillian glares at Cal.)
Cal Lightman: (stares back) What? Oh, now you're starting on me? Don't say something you'll regret.
(Gillian glares as she exits the room)
Cal Lightman: I saw that.
Cal Lightman: You know, generally, it's not a good idea to call your boss an idiot.
Ria Torres: I didn't say you were an idiot.
Cal Lightman: Yeah, but your buccinator did. Oh, that's a pretty impressive combination of contempt and disgust.
Ria Torres: (backs up against the wall) I-- I-- I--
Cal Lightman: Apology accepted.
. . .
(Ria is told that Seagrent Scott may have raped someone else in the platoon. She doesn't say anything.)
Cal Lightman: Ahh, your buccinator is playing up again.
Ria Torres: It's not-- I didn't say..
Cal Lightman: Oh, look, now you're embarrassed. Well, you have every reason to be. You did get it wrong, didn't you? I mean, Sergeant Scott didn't rape Sheila Lake.
Gillian Foster: Cal!
Cal Lightman: Look, she's the one making snide remarks. Look at her face.
Ria Torres: How do people work here?
. . .
(Gillian glares at Cal.)
Cal Lightman: (stares back) What? Oh, now you're starting on me? Don't say something you'll regret.
(Gillian glares as she exits the room)
Cal Lightman: I saw that.
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Eli Loker: Why is guys named White are always black and guys named Black are always white?
Gillian Foster: Am I going to sorry you're here?
Eli Loker: Barry White. Jack Black.
Gillian Foster: Does your radical honesty pledge mean you have to say everything you think?
Eli Loker: It's the only way to be truly honest.
Gillian Foster: Let's turn it off while we're working, shall we?
Gillian Foster: Am I going to sorry you're here?
Eli Loker: Barry White. Jack Black.
Gillian Foster: Does your radical honesty pledge mean you have to say everything you think?
Eli Loker: It's the only way to be truly honest.
Gillian Foster: Let's turn it off while we're working, shall we?
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(Gillian indicates another sound wave from Taft and Eli plays it.)
Eli Loker: That is when Taft met you. See how the graph is all scrunched up? It indicated arousal. Apparently the pine is not the only thing our aging jock wanted to ride.
Eli Loker: That is when Taft met you. See how the graph is all scrunched up? It indicated arousal. Apparently the pine is not the only thing our aging jock wanted to ride.
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(A group of women in uniform enter another room.)
Eli Loker: (over the intercom) Ladies, if you'll wait in there, I will be taking you in one at a time.
Ria Torres: Playing out your favorite fantasies, Loker?
Eli Loker: Studying the psychological influence of uniforms on credibility. Lightman wanted to see how they effect people's ability to spot lies.
Ria Torres: Women in uniforms?
Eli Loker: (smiling) I do love my work.
Eli Loker: (over the intercom) Ladies, if you'll wait in there, I will be taking you in one at a time.
Ria Torres: Playing out your favorite fantasies, Loker?
Eli Loker: Studying the psychological influence of uniforms on credibility. Lightman wanted to see how they effect people's ability to spot lies.
Ria Torres: Women in uniforms?
Eli Loker: (smiling) I do love my work.
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Eli Loker: How's it going with Lightman?
Ria Torres: Ah, he's not my biggest fan.
Eli Loker: Well, that's just 'cause you're uneducated.
Ria Torres: Excuse me?
Eli Loker: Well, you're a natural. The few naturals Lightman's come across have one thing in common: no college degree. You haven't been asked to focus on verbal skills, so you focus on body language.
Ria Torres: You're saying I can't learn the science?
Eli Loker: I'm saying you didn't have to. It's got to be irritating for a guy who's spent two decades trying to see what you were born seeing.
Ria Torres: Ah, he's not my biggest fan.
Eli Loker: Well, that's just 'cause you're uneducated.
Ria Torres: Excuse me?
Eli Loker: Well, you're a natural. The few naturals Lightman's come across have one thing in common: no college degree. You haven't been asked to focus on verbal skills, so you focus on body language.
Ria Torres: You're saying I can't learn the science?
Eli Loker: I'm saying you didn't have to. It's got to be irritating for a guy who's spent two decades trying to see what you were born seeing.
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Ria Torres: Thanks. That's very un-Loker of you.
Eli Loker: I've never been with a Latina woman.
Ria Torres: Don't push it.
Eli Loker: I've never been with a Latina woman.
Ria Torres: Don't push it.
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Cal Lightman: (talking about a basketball case) How's it going with the ball player?
Gillian Foster: Ball players play baseball.
Gillian Foster: Ball players play baseball.
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