Lightman: I bet Gillian said it was just what I need a couple of days in there.
Emily: A couple?
Lightman: Oye, enough of your lip.

Emily: Go on, tell me what happen.
Lightman: I nicked one of Amanda's muffins.
Emily: Why would you do that?
Lightman: Because it was sitting there looking all tasty.

Gillian: You attacked that orderly, can you tell me what was going through you mind at the time?
Lightman: the Bridge of his nose.

Lightman: I am nothing like my mother. Except for that time I mooned the Queen.
Amanda: Of England?!
Lightman: Yeah, I don't know what came over me.

Marcus: You sure about this?
Lightman: Not in the slightest, mate.

So what will it be, Jim? You swallow the lies and go quietly or die with your eyes open?

Let me guess, baseball bat, tire iron? Because, neither of you strike me as the bare-knuckled wankers I grew up with.

Lightman: Where are the peasants?
Gillian: You're an hour early.
Lightman: I need them, now.

Emily: you wrote you first book on this
Lightman: Yea, I was the only bloke in New Guinea with carpal tunnel.
Emily: I like the way it sounds, reminds me of finger painting on the floor of your old office.
Lightman: Have you been drinking?

Lightman: I thought you were on the hunt for a new job.
Eli: You heard about the economy right?
Lightman: Oh yeah.

Dr: Do you always enjoy this level of antagonism?
Lightman: Yeah, it's like oxygen to me.

Gillian: All people from this facility.
Lightman: So the Charlie she is scared of is in this place, killing people.

Lie to Me Quotes

Weil: You haven't done enough muck-raking for one day?
Ria: Sir. We don't think you were doing anything sexual at that club, because, I believe this escort, Melissa, who you paid for time with-
Weil: What about her?
Ria: She's your daughter.

Gillian: Do you still have that note, that I brought you? I want it for my office.
Cal: (handing over the note) You really are a pack rat.
Gillian: You could have just told me what this was for.
Cal: No. You're a terrible liar.
Gillian: Normal people think that's a good thing.