Lying Quotes
It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what.
In the beginning was the Lie and the Lie was made news and dwelt among us, graceless and false.
The responsibility for change...lies within us. We must begin with ourselves, teaching ourselves not to close our minds prematurely to the novel, the surprising, the seemingly radical.
As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.
Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them. How many times have you stood and sang, “Take my life and let it be” when you haven't given Him one ounce?
Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me: There lie they, and here lie we Under the spreading chestnut tree.
Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their wives and daughters.
If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again.
A definite factor in getting a lie believed is the size of the lie. The broad mass of the people, in the simplicity of their hearts, more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.
Success lies in doing not what others consider to be great but what you consider to be right.
The future of mankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take up their responsibilities to all living things.
All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.
Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition
Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest: Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers: Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest, And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers!
Why is geometry often described as cold and dry? One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline or a tree.
The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.
Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.
They are evil people, the press, the media, they are bad people, and nobody, nobody lies like they do.
The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.
Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.
If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying.
Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
Hands, are the most honest part of the human body, they cannot lie as laughing eyes and the mouth can.
When men were all asleep the snow came flying, In large white flakes falling on the city brown, Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying, Hushing the latest traffic of the drowsy town.
The idea comes to me from outside of me - and is like a gift. I then take the idea and make it my own - that is where the skill lies.
~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~
I thought a forest was made up entirely of trees, but now I know that the foundation lies below ground, in the fungi.