Lying Quotes

I'm not a stickler for truth. To me, lying in poetry is much more fun. I'm against lying in life, in principle, in any other activity except poetry.

If in our hearts we really don't believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the lie that we can do something to make God love us more, we are rejecting the message of the cross.

Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it's troubling.

The right way usually lies between two extremes: it is the narrow channel between the rock and the whirlpool.

To be fearless no matter what happens-that is the root of true happiness. To move forward resolutely regardless of what lies in store-that is the spirit, the resolve, that leads to human victory.

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

According to Beckett's or Kafka's law, there is immobility beyond movement: beyond standing up, there is sitting down, and beyond sitting down, lying down, beyond which one finally dissipates.

The U.S. government alleges that for the past 45 years, the companies that manufacture and sell tobacco have waged an intentional and coordinated campaign of deceit.

The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.

I'm not gonna lie, I love the holidays. But Christmas was a lot more fun when you weren't paying for it.

Love is the world's infinite mutability; lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it; it is the inevitable blossoming of its opposites, a magnificent rose smelling faintly of blood.

An honest lie is better than a boring truth.

But from each crime are born bullets that will one day seek out in you where the heart lies.

Kill, Destroy, Sack, Tell lie; how much you want after victory nobody asks why?

Peace is in proportion to every pause: observe the difference between to run, to walk, to stand, to sit, to lie, to die.

Life is just a lie with an 'F' in it, and death is definite

I have great hope for tomorrow. My hope lies in three things-truth, youth, and love.

Hell lies at the bottom of the human heart.

I don't have time for lie-on-the-beach vacations. I'm a zoo person. There's one in New Jersey where animals actually come up to your car. I love the monkeys - I used to give them bubblegum to chew.

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.

There is a trouble called Twitter, the finest lies are here. Nowadays, social media is actually the headache of societies.

In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait.

Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.

How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.

We tend to tell strangers what we think will make us sound good. I myself, to my utter amazement, informed a telephone pollster that I exercised regularly, a bare-faced lie.

Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather.

The power and magic of music lie in its intangibility and its limitlessness. It suggests images, but leaves us free to choose them and to accommodate them to our pleasure.

You get so used to lying that after a while it's hard to remember what the truth is.

A white lie is always pardonable. But he who tells the truth without compulsion merits no leniency.

People are stupid... They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

Stones taught me to fly Love taught me to lie And life taught me to die So it's not hard to fall When you float like a cannonball.

Do you recognise me?" he asked. Willie looked hard and considered before finally replying "Lie down so I can recognise you.

Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.

Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.

Mike drank straight from the carton, wiped his mouth, and stared at her. "You've been acting freaky. Are you high? Can I have some if you are?

Sometimes you lie in bed at night, and you don't have a single thing to worry about...That always worries me!

To reach up for the new, you must let go of the old. What lies behind you is not nearly as important as what lies in front of you.

There never has been a period of history, in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundation.

Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way to restore meaning and purpose to modern life.

If you meet somebody who says he or she has never dreamed of flying, I don't believe you. I mean, they're lying.

When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly half way between. It is possible for one side simply to be wrong.

The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. His attack is psychological, Damien. And powerful.

The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people.

I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.

I think the greatest illusion we have is that denial protects us. It's actually the biggest distortion and lie. In fact, staying asleep is what's killing us.

All extremes are error. The reverse of error is not truth, but error still. Truth lies between extremes.

I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere