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Gillian Foster: You know, I treated a few firefighters in grad school. It's amazing what these guys deal with.
Eli Loker: You got a bit of the firemen thing, huh?
Gillian Foster: I'm just saying these guys are heros.
Eli Loker: Uh-huh. Is it the helmets? I mean, even I like the helmets.
Eli Loker: You got a bit of the firemen thing, huh?
Gillian Foster: I'm just saying these guys are heros.
Eli Loker: Uh-huh. Is it the helmets? I mean, even I like the helmets.
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(Manny Trillo makes a statement saying he has changed.)
Cal Lightman: That's a charming story.
(Cal pulls out a bag lunch and a drink from his briefcase.)
Cal Lightman: Do you mind? I missed lunch.
. . .
(Cal comes by the prison yard for another visit.)
Manny Trillo: Stopping by for lunch?
Cal Lightman: That's a charming story.
(Cal pulls out a bag lunch and a drink from his briefcase.)
Cal Lightman: Do you mind? I missed lunch.
. . .
(Cal comes by the prison yard for another visit.)
Manny Trillo: Stopping by for lunch?
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Manny Trillo: My life is in your hands.
Cal Lightman: (still eating a sandwich) I couldn't agree more.
Cal Lightman: (still eating a sandwich) I couldn't agree more.
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Ria Torres: Do you think it might be helpful to clue me into your little experiments?
Cal Lightman: Nope.
Cal Lightman: Nope.
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Cal Lightman: Hey, if she has strong feelings for Trillo, then she has to learn to put them aside.
Gillian Foster: Oh, so I guess if-if someone's got to teach her to how to avoid her feelings, then you're the most qualified.
Gillian Foster: Oh, so I guess if-if someone's got to teach her to how to avoid her feelings, then you're the most qualified.
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Chief Morrow: Hazing is as much a part of this life as alarm bells.
Eli Loker: And if one of your men goes into anaphylactic shock and dies, c'est la vie.
Eli Loker: And if one of your men goes into anaphylactic shock and dies, c'est la vie.
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Eli Loker: It's like they never left the frat house.
Gillian Foster: You know, it's not just frat houses. Initiation rites can be found in all major cultures.
Eli Loker: You're defending these guys?
Gillian Foster: Hazing can serve an important psychological function.
Eli Loker: Oh, that's funny. I don't remember reading any articles in the APA Journal on 'swirlies.'
Gillian Foster: Initiation for you MIT mathletes was pretty hard-core, huh?
Eli Loker: You know, you make fun, but you try waking up in a shower stall with a killer hang over and a quart of macaroni salad shoved up your--
Gillian Foster: You know, it's not just frat houses. Initiation rites can be found in all major cultures.
Eli Loker: You're defending these guys?
Gillian Foster: Hazing can serve an important psychological function.
Eli Loker: Oh, that's funny. I don't remember reading any articles in the APA Journal on 'swirlies.'
Gillian Foster: Initiation for you MIT mathletes was pretty hard-core, huh?
Eli Loker: You know, you make fun, but you try waking up in a shower stall with a killer hang over and a quart of macaroni salad shoved up your--
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Ria Torres: Whatever
Cal Lightman: Oh, that is the kind of emotionally-detached scientific analysis we value around here.
Cal Lightman: Oh, that is the kind of emotionally-detached scientific analysis we value around here.
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Manny Trillo: Nothing is real or a lie; it all depends on the color of the glass you're looking through.
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Ria Torres: He's a criminal. He's a fantastic liar.
Cal Lightman: He's an appalling liar. He's atrocious!
Cal Lightman: He's an appalling liar. He's atrocious!
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Cal Lightman: You need to stop making this personal.
Ria Torres: I'm not making this personal.
Cal Lightman: Yeah, you are!
Ria Torres: I'm not making this personal.
Cal Lightman: Yeah, you are!
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Cal Lightman: Your posterous doesn't move, which means you had your nose fixed, right? You don't strike me as particularly vain, so what is it then? Who was it? Was it your dad? You dad smack you around? Huh?
Ria Torres: I know violent people. They don't change. You said so yourself: most people learn this kind of trigger.
Ria Torres: I know violent people. They don't change. You said so yourself: most people learn this kind of trigger.
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Cal Lightman: I'm sorry about before. (Ria raises her eyebrows at him) Sometimes I see so much, I don't know how not to tell people.
Ria Torres: Yeah, I get that.
Cal Lightman: You're right; most people don't change. Right? I've been there, waiting for it, hoping for it, and then they just... don't.
(Ria takes an unsteady breath.)
Cal Lightman: But there are a few, I think, who can.
Ria Torres: Any other life lessons?
Cal Lightman: (leans forward in his chair) When someone... bashes you around, who's twice your size, just whenever he feels like it, you learn to read emotions pretty fast. We adapt to survive. Your abuse made you a natural. He made you what you are.
Ria Torres: (takes another unsteady breath) Well, I'll be sure to thank him.
(Cal laughs and sits back in his chair)
Ria Torres: So what about you?
Cal Lightman: Nah, I'm not a natural. I had to learn this.
Ria Torres: Why did you want to learn? What, you all of a sudden became obsessed with facial expressions? (she reads his face) I didn't think so. So who was it? Who made you who you are?
Ria Torres: Yeah, I get that.
Cal Lightman: You're right; most people don't change. Right? I've been there, waiting for it, hoping for it, and then they just... don't.
(Ria takes an unsteady breath.)
Cal Lightman: But there are a few, I think, who can.
Ria Torres: Any other life lessons?
Cal Lightman: (leans forward in his chair) When someone... bashes you around, who's twice your size, just whenever he feels like it, you learn to read emotions pretty fast. We adapt to survive. Your abuse made you a natural. He made you what you are.
Ria Torres: (takes another unsteady breath) Well, I'll be sure to thank him.
(Cal laughs and sits back in his chair)
Ria Torres: So what about you?
Cal Lightman: Nah, I'm not a natural. I had to learn this.
Ria Torres: Why did you want to learn? What, you all of a sudden became obsessed with facial expressions? (she reads his face) I didn't think so. So who was it? Who made you who you are?
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Cal Lightman: Off the record?
Reporter: Yeah, off the record. (to camera man) Turn the camera off.
Cal Lightman: It's my understanding that, uh, Samantha Birch was seen with an unidentified man leaving a restaurant called the Happy Dragon.
Reporter: Thank you. (to camera man) Let's go.
(Gillian gives Cal a look.)
Cal Lightman: Well, the Birches could use some privacy. And the Happy Dragon could definitely use the business.
Reporter: Yeah, off the record. (to camera man) Turn the camera off.
Cal Lightman: It's my understanding that, uh, Samantha Birch was seen with an unidentified man leaving a restaurant called the Happy Dragon.
Reporter: Thank you. (to camera man) Let's go.
(Gillian gives Cal a look.)
Cal Lightman: Well, the Birches could use some privacy. And the Happy Dragon could definitely use the business.
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Don Hughes: (referring to Cal) It's going to take him forever to listen all these people.
Cal Lightman: Fortunately, I won't have to.
Cal Lightman: Fortunately, I won't have to.
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(Ria and Eli walk up to the bar.)
Ria Torres: Club soda.
Eli Loker: Cranberry spritzer, please.
Ria Torres: Get your ass kick if you ordered that where I'm from.
Eli Loker: Oh, I got my ass kicked where I'm from.
Ria Torres: Club soda.
Eli Loker: Cranberry spritzer, please.
Ria Torres: Get your ass kick if you ordered that where I'm from.
Eli Loker: Oh, I got my ass kicked where I'm from.
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(Ria and Eli talk to Farida Mugisha.)
Ria Torres: We should go hear her speak.
Eli Loker: Yeah, she wanted to sign my book. I think we had a connection.
Ria Torres: Oh, yeah, 'cause Ugandan woman can't resist a guy with a girly drink.
Ria Torres: We should go hear her speak.
Eli Loker: Yeah, she wanted to sign my book. I think we had a connection.
Ria Torres: Oh, yeah, 'cause Ugandan woman can't resist a guy with a girly drink.
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Cal Lightman: You know, you were very good back there with Mrs. Birch. Very nurturing. Maybe you should get a puppy! I could talk to Obama's people.
Gillian Foster: Alec has allergies.
Cal Lightman: Poodles! No fur. They have hair.
Gillian Foster: That's not what it's about.
(Walking away sadly into her office.)
Gillian Foster: Alec has allergies.
Cal Lightman: Poodles! No fur. They have hair.
Gillian Foster: That's not what it's about.
(Walking away sadly into her office.)
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(Cal is intently staring at a suspect being taped from another room.)
Cal Lightman: He's got something for us.
Don Hughes: Let's hope.
Cal Lightman: No, I'm telling you.
Cal Lightman: He's got something for us.
Don Hughes: Let's hope.
Cal Lightman: No, I'm telling you.
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Cal Lightman: In my experience, self-castrating pedophiles generally tell the truth.
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Cal Lightman: (referring to the runaway child, Samantha Birch) She's gonna run. She's gonna run! Yeah, there she goes.
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Ria Torres: She got nervous when you told her what we do here. She touched her face. That's a manipulator.
Eli Loker: Oh, now you're an expert on manipulators. (Ria huffs in disgust) Because six weeks ago, you didn't even know what that was!
Eli Loker: Oh, now you're an expert on manipulators. (Ria huffs in disgust) Because six weeks ago, you didn't even know what that was!
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Ria Torres: I'm bringing this to Foster.
Eli Loker: You do whatever the hell you want.
(He walks out of Ria's office.)
. . .
Ria Torres: I haven't talked to Foster yet.
Eli Loker: Well, I did.
Eli Loker: You do whatever the hell you want.
(He walks out of Ria's office.)
. . .
Ria Torres: I haven't talked to Foster yet.
Eli Loker: Well, I did.
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(Mrs. Birch is too afraid to approach her daughter.)
Gillian Foster: You reach out to her and then she rejects you. And you can't help but recoil.
Mrs. Birch: You don't know what it's like. You're not a mother.
Gillian Foster: No, but I was. My husband and I adopted a baby girl last year. We brought her home from Delaware and we bathed her and rocked her to sleep and built her a nursery. In Delaware, the birth mother has 60 days to change her mind. We made it to day 57. You know, I didn't get to keep my baby, but yours is right there. You know, you need to talk to her.
Mrs. Birch: What was your daughter's name?
Gillian Foster: Sophie.
Gillian Foster: You reach out to her and then she rejects you. And you can't help but recoil.
Mrs. Birch: You don't know what it's like. You're not a mother.
Gillian Foster: No, but I was. My husband and I adopted a baby girl last year. We brought her home from Delaware and we bathed her and rocked her to sleep and built her a nursery. In Delaware, the birth mother has 60 days to change her mind. We made it to day 57. You know, I didn't get to keep my baby, but yours is right there. You know, you need to talk to her.
Mrs. Birch: What was your daughter's name?
Gillian Foster: Sophie.
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Eli Loker: You touched your ear.
Farida Mugisha: Does that mean I'm lying?
Eli Loker: Are you?
Farida Mugisha: Does that mean I'm lying?
Eli Loker: Are you?
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Eli Loker: And the funny thing is, she went out with me even after she found out what I do for a living. I think on some level she wanted to get caught.
Ria Torres: Or maybe she just liked you.
Eli Loker: Well, I don't really care.
(Eli gets up and begins to walk out of the room.)
Ria Torres: Hey, Loker. (Eli turns around) You just lied.
Eli Loker: Yeah.
Ria Torres: Or maybe she just liked you.
Eli Loker: Well, I don't really care.
(Eli gets up and begins to walk out of the room.)
Ria Torres: Hey, Loker. (Eli turns around) You just lied.
Eli Loker: Yeah.
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(Gillian is standing alone on the roof of the Lightman Group building when Cal walks up.)
Gillian Foster: Hey. I just needed a minute before I went home.
Cal Lightman: Sure.
Gillian Foster: Sophie's 13 months. You know, she's probably walking now.
Cal Lightman: Yeah, Emily started around that age, I think.
Gillian Foster: She's probably changing so fast. Every now and then, I'll see a little girl on the street and I, uh, I think it's her. And I have to fight so hard not to run up and hug some stranger's little girl. (she's crying) I'm sorry.
Cal Lightman: Don't be.
Gillian Foster: It's just, uh, Alec doesn't want to talk about it. He says he can't, you know. So, we don't. (she sighs) I'm okay. (she wipes away tears) You can go.
Cal Lightman: No, I'm all right.
(Cal puts his arm on her back to comfort her.)
Gillian Foster: Hey. I just needed a minute before I went home.
Cal Lightman: Sure.
Gillian Foster: Sophie's 13 months. You know, she's probably walking now.
Cal Lightman: Yeah, Emily started around that age, I think.
Gillian Foster: She's probably changing so fast. Every now and then, I'll see a little girl on the street and I, uh, I think it's her. And I have to fight so hard not to run up and hug some stranger's little girl. (she's crying) I'm sorry.
Cal Lightman: Don't be.
Gillian Foster: It's just, uh, Alec doesn't want to talk about it. He says he can't, you know. So, we don't. (she sighs) I'm okay. (she wipes away tears) You can go.
Cal Lightman: No, I'm all right.
(Cal puts his arm on her back to comfort her.)
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