Lie to Me Quotes
Ria: Lightman just called. He needs me to fly down to Zulia right now.
Gillian: What? He's on a case?
Ria': Yeah. A woman's missing. I gotta go.
Gillian: Ugh. He's on vacation.
Gillian: What? He's on a case?
Ria': Yeah. A woman's missing. I gotta go.
Gillian: Ugh. He's on vacation.
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Emily: You really need to learn how to relax, dad. People who can't relax, die younger. I learned that in health class.
Cal: Don't worry about me, love, will you?
Emily: What are you looking at anyway?
Cal: Nothing. (He tries to hide the view to his laptop)
Emily: You're spying on the office?
Cal': Look, I'm my own boss. That's a 24/7 job!
Cal: Don't worry about me, love, will you?
Emily: What are you looking at anyway?
Cal: Nothing. (He tries to hide the view to his laptop)
Emily: You're spying on the office?
Cal': Look, I'm my own boss. That's a 24/7 job!
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Cal: You ever think that grown-ups are full of crap?
Tyler': Yeah. Lots of times.
Cal: Usually it's cause we've made a mistake, done something wrong but we don't want to talk about it, we don't want to admit it. Which makes us hypocrites.
Tyler': Yeah. Lots of times.
Cal: Usually it's cause we've made a mistake, done something wrong but we don't want to talk about it, we don't want to admit it. Which makes us hypocrites.
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Jack Rader: Where's Cal?
Gillian: He's on vacation.
Jack Rader: And hell didn't freeze over?
Gillian: He's on vacation.
Jack Rader: And hell didn't freeze over?
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Emily: So you're saying that you can just treat me like a child whenever you want to.
Cal: No, I'm not. I'm saying that on occasion, it's my right as a parent to be suspicious and overprotective.
Emily: Ok. Then on occasion, I reserve the right to throw tantrums and spend all your money.
Cal: Deal.
Cal: No, I'm not. I'm saying that on occasion, it's my right as a parent to be suspicious and overprotective.
Emily: Ok. Then on occasion, I reserve the right to throw tantrums and spend all your money.
Cal: Deal.
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Ria: (about Emily) Welcome to the age when they need you but think they're smarter than you.
Cal: Well, she always was.
Cal: Well, she always was.
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Cal: How do you learn to live longer?
Emily: Well, there's meditation and yoga, but for you I'd definitely say you need both.
Cal: Yoga's that thing you do in a lounge chair with a mai-tai in your hand, right?
Emily: Well, there's meditation and yoga, but for you I'd definitely say you need both.
Cal: Yoga's that thing you do in a lounge chair with a mai-tai in your hand, right?
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Cal Lightman: Hey, how'd it go with the suits?
Eli: Well I got us the job, where were you?
Cal Lightman: None of your bloody business. No, I figured your were up for it so... It's probably a gross overestimation on my part.
Eli: Nah, I appreciate the confidence boost.
Cal Lightman: Well selling's the easy part, it's delivering that's the tricky party and that's what you've promised. So you and Torres are on your own, you think you're up for it?
Eli: I've read every major study on group behaviour cover to cover, this is my wheel house.
Cal Lightman: Fascinating, well time'll tell.
Eli: Any other words of inspiration?
Cal Lightman: Yep: We need the money, and don't embarrass me.
Eli: Well I got us the job, where were you?
Cal Lightman: None of your bloody business. No, I figured your were up for it so... It's probably a gross overestimation on my part.
Eli: Nah, I appreciate the confidence boost.
Cal Lightman: Well selling's the easy part, it's delivering that's the tricky party and that's what you've promised. So you and Torres are on your own, you think you're up for it?
Eli: I've read every major study on group behaviour cover to cover, this is my wheel house.
Cal Lightman: Fascinating, well time'll tell.
Eli: Any other words of inspiration?
Cal Lightman: Yep: We need the money, and don't embarrass me.
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Michael: Good chess players think five moves ahead.
Cal: Great chess players think one move ahead, but it's always the right move.
Cal: Great chess players think one move ahead, but it's always the right move.
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Gillian: You know I had no idea our sessions were being recorded back then.
Cal: Look, since we're so close that makes you, scientifically speaking of course, my blind spot. Which you well know.
Gillian: Meaning you don't believe me.
Cal: I didn't say that. Did I say that?!
Gillian: Emotionally you want to believe me, but scientifically you can't be sure.
Cal: Look, since we're so close that makes you, scientifically speaking of course, my blind spot. Which you well know.
Gillian: Meaning you don't believe me.
Cal: I didn't say that. Did I say that?!
Gillian: Emotionally you want to believe me, but scientifically you can't be sure.
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Cal: So were you ever going to tell me?
Gillian: He came to me in the middle of the night before our first session. Not to my office; to my house. My house. I'd never seen him before and I never saw him again. He told me to do what I had to do to keep you quiet, or Doyle wouldn't be the only man to lose his wife and daughter. If I told you that it would have been proof positive of a cover-up and you never would have let go. So I couldn't let you do that; to you, your family. You'd never have gotten to blow the whistle. He would have cut you down before you put it to your lips.
Cal: So all that talk about you being a bad liar is just an act. Now that's a lie.
Gillian: Depends on the lie. [cries as Cal hugs her]
Gillian: He came to me in the middle of the night before our first session. Not to my office; to my house. My house. I'd never seen him before and I never saw him again. He told me to do what I had to do to keep you quiet, or Doyle wouldn't be the only man to lose his wife and daughter. If I told you that it would have been proof positive of a cover-up and you never would have let go. So I couldn't let you do that; to you, your family. You'd never have gotten to blow the whistle. He would have cut you down before you put it to your lips.
Cal: So all that talk about you being a bad liar is just an act. Now that's a lie.
Gillian: Depends on the lie. [cries as Cal hugs her]
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Zoe: I know why you're doing this, and you're not going to get under my skin or my skirt!
Cal: That's a lie, that is. I mean, the skin part.
Cal: That's a lie, that is. I mean, the skin part.
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Reynolds: Hey, you seen Lightman?
Foster: He's in his office waiting for Clara.
Reynolds: Ha. Still fighting that fight, huh?
Foster: Don't let him fool you. He loves it.
Foster: He's in his office waiting for Clara.
Reynolds: Ha. Still fighting that fight, huh?
Foster: Don't let him fool you. He loves it.
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Foster: This is Lightman being discreet. If Michelle Daly's not enough to haunt the governor for the truth, Lightman is.
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Ria: (About Loker chatting online with Emily) Oh, God. What'd you do?
Loker: Nothing... Told her I might be going to Musicfest, too.
Ria: What is wrong with you?
Loker: Nothing... Told her I might be going to Musicfest, too.
Ria: What is wrong with you?
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Emily: Maybe kissing him was a little extreme.
Cal: Oh, you reckon, do you?
Emily: Yeah, but that makes me the apple that didn't fall far from the tree.
Cal: Oh, so, it's my fault then, is it?
Emily: Yeah. It's good you admit this.
Cal: Oh, you reckon, do you?
Emily: Yeah, but that makes me the apple that didn't fall far from the tree.
Cal: Oh, so, it's my fault then, is it?
Emily: Yeah. It's good you admit this.
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Loker: (about her cyberfriends) All right, these guys. Bad idea. Keep your distance.
Emily: Eli, I barely know them.
Loker: Good. Then your distance will be kept because from what I'm reading, these guys are bringing an entire pharmacy to the concert.
Emily: Eli, I barely know them.
Loker: Good. Then your distance will be kept because from what I'm reading, these guys are bringing an entire pharmacy to the concert.
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Loker: Please try not to judge.
Torres: (surprised) You're cyberfriends with Emily?
Loker: (panicky) Judgment all over your face. Look, she friended me. She's the boss's daughter. What am I supposed to do?
Torres: Hit ignore. [edit]
Torres: (surprised) You're cyberfriends with Emily?
Loker: (panicky) Judgment all over your face. Look, she friended me. She's the boss's daughter. What am I supposed to do?
Torres: Hit ignore. [edit]
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Ben: The FBI is paying you to find out if the governor was acting alone, not dig into the governor's personal life.
Cal: No, the FBI's paying me to poke around and, you know, find the truth. I'm not a glorified cop, Ben.
Cal: No, the FBI's paying me to poke around and, you know, find the truth. I'm not a glorified cop, Ben.
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Gillian: The governor knew Michelle Daly.
Clara: Of course he knew her. She was a staffer.
Cal: No, he knew knew her. Know what I mean?
Clara: Of course he knew her. She was a staffer.
Cal: No, he knew knew her. Know what I mean?
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Clara: You know, I told the governor that I owe my freedom to your bull-headed, obnoxious, no-holds-barred way of doing things.
Cal: Up yours.
Clara: Right now?
Cal: Ooh, I'll say.
Cal: Up yours.
Clara: Right now?
Cal: Ooh, I'll say.
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Cal: He's tried it on with you, hasn't he?
Clara: Please. (looks away)
Cal: Eyes front, Clara. This is important. Hasn't he? (she looks back at him) Well, I can't say that I blame him, really.
Clara: Excuse me?
Cal: That was supposed to be a compliment.
Clara: A compliment. That's funny. It felt more like an insult.
Clara: Please. (looks away)
Cal: Eyes front, Clara. This is important. Hasn't he? (she looks back at him) Well, I can't say that I blame him, really.
Clara: Excuse me?
Cal: That was supposed to be a compliment.
Clara: A compliment. That's funny. It felt more like an insult.
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Cal: I know you were just trying to look out for her, right? And I shouldn't have hit you. I was wrong. Physical violence... right... it's very, very wrong.
Loker: Apology accepted.
Emily: Dad, come on. Don't blow the apology.
Cal: (to Loker) I'm sorry.
Loker: Probably should have seen it coming.
Cal: What, the kiss?
Loker: No, the punch. You're emotional wildfire where Emily's concerned.
Loker: Apology accepted.
Emily: Dad, come on. Don't blow the apology.
Cal: (to Loker) I'm sorry.
Loker: Probably should have seen it coming.
Cal: What, the kiss?
Loker: No, the punch. You're emotional wildfire where Emily's concerned.
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Cal: (To Emily about Loker) What if I hadn't apologized.(Emily punches him in the stomach.) Ooh! Good girl.
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Gillian: Back to you and Clara.
Cal: Really?
Gillian: Well, she's up to something and I want to make sure you're not compromised.
Cal: No, no, it was just a bit of fun between us.
Gillian: It was a little bit more than that.
Cal: Were you there?
Gillian: I'm talking about from her perspective.
Cal: You know I can read faces, don't you?
Gillian: Did I say incredible? I meant impossible.
Cal: Thank you very much.
Cal: Really?
Gillian: Well, she's up to something and I want to make sure you're not compromised.
Cal: No, no, it was just a bit of fun between us.
Gillian: It was a little bit more than that.
Cal: Were you there?
Gillian: I'm talking about from her perspective.
Cal: You know I can read faces, don't you?
Gillian: Did I say incredible? I meant impossible.
Cal: Thank you very much.
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Lightman: [after waitress sets plate on table] What do you call that? Stupid on a plate? [waitress leaves, Foster and her boyfriend, Dave Burns, walk in] Hi! Long night, Gillian?
Foster: What are you doing here, Cal? I thought you hated this place.
Lightman: It's the best breakfast in town, this one!
Foster: You don't even eat breakfast.
Lightman: A man can change.
Foster: So you're not here to pry, then?
Lightman: What, me? Pry? On you, in here? Never.
Foster: What are you doing here, Cal? I thought you hated this place.
Lightman: It's the best breakfast in town, this one!
Foster: You don't even eat breakfast.
Lightman: A man can change.
Foster: So you're not here to pry, then?
Lightman: What, me? Pry? On you, in here? Never.
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Lightman: I get it. You're cross at me, but I was doing the right thing! You know, I was looking at Burns, but not behind your back!
Foster: Which, by the way, only makes it worse.
DEA Officer: Dr. Lightman, this ship's leaving.
Lightman: [waves him off and turns back to Foster] Woop-tee-do. No more secrets, right?
Foster: Prove it.
Lightman: You know my mum's birthday, right? All right, you know what I'm talking about. And, you know. [motions to his face so Foster can see how he feels]
Foster: Apology accepted.
Lightman: Right. Thanks.
Foster: Which, by the way, only makes it worse.
DEA Officer: Dr. Lightman, this ship's leaving.
Lightman: [waves him off and turns back to Foster] Woop-tee-do. No more secrets, right?
Foster: Prove it.
Lightman: You know my mum's birthday, right? All right, you know what I'm talking about. And, you know. [motions to his face so Foster can see how he feels]
Foster: Apology accepted.
Lightman: Right. Thanks.
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