Lying Quotes

True freedom doesn't lie in the maximization of choice, but, ironically, is most easily found in a life where there is little choice.

Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands.

I said, the poets are there I hear them singing and lying around their round table and around me still.

Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth.

Never lie, never cheat, never steal.

To lie about a far country is easy

But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.

He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is stabbing.

I've been so lazy all my life. I used to literally lie on the couch, up until the age of 35, fearing that my bones were dissolving like sugar cubes, from disuse.

Only lie about the future.

Under each formula lies a corpse.

Learn your craft well. Take care of your own business. Success (popularity) is fleeting for most, but longevity lies in a quality craft with integrity. Oh, and don't take yourself too seriously.

The Force of Art lies in its immediate influence on human psychology and in its active contagiousness.

Why is it a surprise to find that people other than ourselves are able to tell lies?

The Doctor: 'You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, but you really think they're lying to make you feel better?' Amelia: 'Yeah...' The Doctor: 'Everything's going to be fine.

When I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death. And neither one particularly appeals to me.

Many people talk a lot about environmental preservation, but true greatness lies in putting these principles into practice and actually doing something about it.

Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies next to your hand.

The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate our prosperity and freedom is a ridiculous lie.

The long days seduce all thought away, and we lie like the lizards in the sun, postponing our lives indefinitely.

But what's real? You can't find the truth. You just pick the lie you like best. As long as you know that everything's a lie, you can't hurt yourself.

The state lies in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it says, it lies-and whatever it has, it has stolen.

A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.

Within chaos lies opportunity.

We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness.

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.

I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.

We are cut, we are fallen. We are become part of that unfeeling universe that sleeps when we are at our quickest and burns red when we lie asleep.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

You believe in freedom of speech for communists because what they say is true. You do not believe in freedom of speech for fascists because what they say is a lie.

Lying is a most disgraceful vice; it first despises God, and then fears men.

... the truth is exactly that which can't be got into words. We are forced to lie, a little or, if we are inferior, much.

One drop of truth can outweigh an ocean of lies

The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted.

Show me the path I must walk and do not let me stumble in the dark places that lie ahead.

I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.

At the root of many a woman's failure to become a great cook lies her failure to develop a workmanlike regard for knives.

You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

No," said the priest, "you don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world.

This is really just a rental home for me here on earth, my true home is up in Heaven, and my hope lies in that. I'm here to live a good life and get as many people as I can to go to Heaven with me

The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.

There is a road that turning always Cuts off the country of Again. Archers stand there on every side And as it runstime's deer is slain, And lies where it has lain.

Lying in bed, he would think of Heaven and London.

The idea is to just stop. Just wait. Don't react. Therein lies the whole universe. Just don't react.

Let others seek renown in arms; For me wine's wars have greater charms: Then fill the bowl, boy; fill it high: 'Tis better drunk, than dead to lie.

I won't lie to you. It's better to have someone to help you. I need it...

When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling goes away.

A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable

The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.

Suddenly I awake to a stark amazement at everything... To be alive is so incredible that all I can do is to lie still and merely breathe.