Lying Quotes

We are always seeking for those things which are in the clouds, not for those that lie at our feet.

I want to lie, shipwrecked and comatose, Drinking fresh mango juice. Goldfish shoals, nibbling at my toes. Fun fun fun in the sun sun sun. Fun fun fun in the sun sun sun.

Oh for someone with a heart, head and hand. Whatever they call them, what do I care, aristocrat, democrat, autocrat, just be it one that can rule and dare not lie.

The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength - each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving.

I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.

Everybody wants to lie to himself, pretending that there's something else besides only the normal life you're living in.

Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.

The violinist must possess the poets gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.

Photographs don’t lie, but liars may photograph

The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

To me the Muses truly gave / An envied and a happy lot: / E'en when I lie within the grave, / I cannot, shall not, be forgot.

A man called, wanting to borrow a rope. "You cannot have it," said Nasrudin. "Why not?" "Because it is in use." "But I can see it just lying there, on the ground." "That's right: that's its use.

I play, in real life, Kim, who is actually Marshall Mathers ex-wife as of now. She lies and says she is pregnant because she really wants to keep him and he figures her out.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.

I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out.

I picture my epitaph: 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.

Our enemy, the devil, wants to control us, and his target is our will. The main way he tries to influence our will is through lying to us.

I deliberately state my age because it keeps me honest. I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

And the end of the fight is tombstone white with the name of the late deceased, and the epitaph drear, "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East."

Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn it very quickly, you can fool somebody into thinking you're a great magician.

Lying is before you and the grave is in front of you.

Let's put one lie to rest for all time: the lie that men are oppressed, too, by sexism-the lie that there can be such a thing as men's liberation groups.

I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence.

Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.

The secret of successful people lies in their ability to discover their strengths and to organize their life so that these strengths can be applied.

Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.

Here lies my past, Goodbye I have kissed it; Thank you kids, I wouldn't have missed it.

Photography is very subjective. Photography is not a document on which a report can be made. It is a subjective document. Photography is a false witness, a lie.

There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics.

Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.

The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.

Everyone has secrets and everyone tells lies.

One lie does not cost you one truth, but the truth.

People say photographs don't lie, mine do.

The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.

On the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth.

Your great power lies not on the surface, but deep within your being.

At the heart of happiness lies peace. It is the last and the highest attainment of the soul.

All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature.

Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences.

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.

The airline business is it is mostly run by a bunch of spineless nincompoops who actually don't want to stand up to the environmentalists and call them the lying wankers that they are.

A fundamental lesson on being fired: Never lie about it. People will know what you're saying is a cover-up for how you really feel - embarrassed, discouraged, and afraid.

Each day is a branch of the Tree of Life laden heavily with fruit. If we lie down lazily beneath it, we may starve; but if we shake the branches, some of the fruit will fall for us.

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands

Self-portraiture is something one should never get involved in, since it is wrong to lie even though one endeavours to tell the truth.