Lying Quotes

Every painting has a weakness and a breaking point, where the essence of a painting lies. In my case it is never in the centre.

True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.

Walter's eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.

The desire to confess ... lies at the root of most fiction writing.

You can't be reluctant to give up your lie and still tell the truth.

Not one of us can lie or pretend. We're all fixed in good faith in a certain concept of ourselves.

I don't know but maybe it's fair to say that some of the responsibility lies with the American people and not just on the leaders.

The poor are always ragged and dirty, in very picturesque clothes, and on their poor shoes lies the earth of the Lacustrine period. And yet what a privilege it is to be even a beggar in Rome!

Eun Gi is lying. It means she doesn't believe me. It means she is angry at me. It means she can't forgive me.

Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you that they weren't influenced in some way or another by Elvis Presley. He turned the world around.

Unfortunately for the Iraqi people, instead of meeting these requirements, for six years, Saddam Hussein has lied, delayed, obstructed and tried to deceive

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.

Again let us dream where the land lies sunny And live, like the bees, on our hearts' old honey, Away from the world that slaves for money-- Come, journey the way with me.

I don't want no lies, I don't watch TV. I don't waste my time, won't read a magazine.

Happiness lies in your own hand

This car was a very pretty lie.

I had risked everything, and I had nothing to show for it but my open hand, lying empty and palm up toward the ceiling.

I remember lying in the snow, a small red spot of warm going cold, surrounded by wolves.

The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.

Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.

My Hinduism teaches me to respect all religions. In this lies the secret of Ramarajya.

A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still.

My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.

In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.

Priorities lie in your actions

The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence).

The singular secret of khaddar lies in its saleability in the place of its production and use by the manufacturers themselves.

Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.

The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.

We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.

In media terms, the camera always lies, providing an edited version of reality.

The alcoholism got me and I ruined my first marriage with drinking and the lying and the deceit and infidelity, and all of that. The whole bloody thing.

If you think advantage lies in resources, then you think the best educational system is the one that spends the most money.

That is a lie. I'm not for wanton violence, I'm for justice.

The young whites, and blacks, too, are the only hope that America has, the rest of us have always been living in a lie.

Arabs and their allies are conducting a total war against Israel. A total war means a war of lies. The PA [Palestinian Authority] promotes lies; lying in Islam is permitted.

I'm not good at hiding my feelings. I'm also not good at lying. I'm very open about everything.

Think about that: 81 percent of Americans believe that Obama lies to them at least 'now and then' on 'important matters.'

The heart does not lie.

How else learn the real, if not by inventing what might lie outside it?

Man is the creature that cannot emerge from himself, that knows his fellows only in himself; when he asserts the contrary, he is lying.

Most of our faculties lie dormant because they can rely upon Habit, which knows what there is to be done and has no need of their services.

Leave other people's mistakes where they lie.

No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

About no subject are poets tempted to lie so much as about their own lives.

You're dead, Cordelia.' No I'm not. 'Yes you are. You're dead. Lie down.

Your friend is intellectually honourable," Jimmy's mother would say. "He doesn't lie to himself.

there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it is impressive - for no one knows what wisdom lies concealed in silence!