Lying Quotes

The certain way to victory...lies in making everything on Imperial soil contribute to the war effort...combining the total material and spiritual strength of the nation...

The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.

But surely to tell these tall tales and others like them would be to spread the myth, the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect.

I've been an audience member for friends in plays that I don't enjoy and I have to lie to their faces. It's just part of that lifestyle unfortunately, especially in New York.

Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.

He lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too.

Lying is a thriving vocation.

Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make you cry.

Look, Here are we, On this starry night staring into space, And I must say, I feel as small as dust, Lying down here...

All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.

The rainy Pleiads wester Orion plunges prone, And midnight strikes and hastens, And I lie down alone.

Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.

I would be lying if I didn't admit there might be a scene in the movie where there might be alcohol in my system.

People are more likely to believe a big lie than a small one.

Lying rumours do not penetrate farther than our ears.

If you desire to know where your spiritual work lies, look to your emotional pain.

because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.

The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to oppression.

I am too much in love with my lies and hypocrisies not to confess them fervently.

The only security lies in individual, personal honesty, The law cannot make people honest.

In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.

That little word 'we' I mistrust and here's why: No man of another can say, 'He is I.' Behind all agreement lies something amiss All seeming accord cloaks a lurking abyss.

The comprehensibility of the world seems to me a wonder or eternal secret. Here lies the sense of wonder which increases even more with the development of our knowledge.

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.

Maturity is the ability to sort the portions of truth from the accepted lies and self-deceptions that you have grown up with.

He that shuts love out, in turn shall be Shut out from love, and on her threshold lie, Howling in outer darkness.

It seems that in the world of politics, lying is not such a big deal.

It's better to have your blackness taken away than to stand and lie about who you actually are.

The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.

Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept private.

We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.

Well thank you, me old gobbler,' said Mr. Gum handing over some money that Billy William would later discover to be made out of lies and broken promises.

I had a choice: I could believe the lies of the devil, in which case I was on my way to suicide, or I could believe in the promises of God, and be taken through my time of trial.

Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.

I have lived lies. I have done it again and again. I live lies because I cannot endure the weakness of anger, and I cannot admit the irrationality of love.-Marius

In woods where the woodsmen told lies, maybe it was the wolves who told the truth.

It's better to live one day on this planet being true to yourself than an entire lifetime which is a lie

I had an unspoken treaty with myself to never lie in my lyrics, so, for a long time, when I wrote love songs, I would use genderless pronouns, like "dear" and "darling" - like some kind of granny!

My heart is broken... I'm lying here My thoughts are choking On you my dear.

Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels-the biggest sin is to be blind to others problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence.

With fear come the lies and the justifications that, no matter how convincing, lower our self-esteem.

In general, generalization is to lie, to tell lies.

Our house is like an empty cigarette packet, lying around reminding you what's not in it.

Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point

Wow. Nice bike,” I said. Which was a lie. It looked like a glossy black death trap.

If I said any more it would just be a lie; you can't use words to corral something this wild.

Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.

Most closed heavens for the Christian are between his ears. Believing a lie empowers the liar.

People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.

So we all embark wondering what lies over the horizon, what’s around the next bend. And isn’t that, in the end, what drives us?