Lying Quotes
What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?
Round about what is, lies a whole mysterious world of might be, a psychological romance of possibilities and things that do not happen.
O suffering, sad humanity! O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried!
The real Christmas comes to him who has taken Christ into his life as a moving, dynamic, vitalizing force. The real spirit of Christmas lies in the life and mission of the Master.
The unique value of Christianity lies in those things which would never in a million years occur to men if left to themselves.
The interest of the people lies in being able to join organizations, advocate causes, and make political "mistakes" without being subjected to governmental penalties.
It's a lie! I am not an anti-Semite. The World Jewish Congress supported me and said that I am not anti-Semitic.
We know so little about each other. We lie mostly submerged, like ice floes, with our visible social selves projecting only cool and white.
The pleasure of the true dreamer does not lie in the substance of the dream, but in this: that there things happen without any interference from his side, and altogether outside his control.
I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it. I'm crazy. I swear to God I am.
Yet seldom do they fail of their seed, And that will lie in the dust and rot to spring up again in times and places unlooked-for. The deeds of Men will outlast us.
I would think Until I found Something I can never find; - Something Lying On the ground, In the bottom Of my mind.
Mothers are the heart and soul of every life they touch. In them lies the beauty, depth and grandeur of life. Cherish the Children is an inspirational expression of the importance of a Mother's work.
When I go stand up at the podium in front of the White House press corps, I never lie. I never say something that I know is untrue. Credibility is enormously important to a press secretary.
Actually, you know who gave the shortest inauguration speech in history? George Washington. It was only like three minutes long. Well, sure. George Washington couldn't tell a lie.
History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.
He who pretends to look on death without fear lies. All men are afraid of dying, this is the great law of sentient beings, without which the entire human species would soon be destroyed.
If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action.
Language always betrays us, tells the truth when we want to lie, and dissolves into formlessness when we would most like to be precise.
The best justification governments can find to shut down information is that lives are at risk. In fact, lives have been at risk as a result of the silences and lies revealed in these leaks.
I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be telling the truth, but I don't mind if they are lying.
Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.
With new jobs, new ideas, and growing confidence that our brightest days lie ahead, Wisconsin is on the move.
Lying on stained, wretched sheets with a bleeding virgin We could plan a murder Or start a religion.
There are reports that Kim Jong Un climbed North Korea's highest mountain. Kim Jong Un said all it took to climb that mountain was hard work, determination, and lying about climbing that mountain.
Happiness doesn't necessarily lie in material things. You just have to put yourself in a position to be happy. If you can do what you love for a living, that's a good start.
Man's glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in 'his goodness,' for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God.
Once I blazed across the sky, Leaving trails of flame; I fell to earth, and here I lie - Who'll help me up again? -A Shooting Star
Great lovers lie in Hell, the stubborn ones Infatuate of the flesh upon the bones; Stuprate, they rend each other when they kiss, The pieces kiss again, no end to this.
While I am compassed round With mirth, my soul lies hid in shades of grief, Whence, like the bird of night, with half-shut eyes, She peeps, and sickens at the sight of day.
The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.
We speak piously of ... making small studies that will add another brick to the temple of science. Most such bricks just lie around the brickyard.
You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it.
The lies we tell about our duty and our purposes, the meaningless words of science and philosophy, are walls that topple before a bewildered little ‘why’.
If so men's memories not a monument be, None shalt thou have. Warm hearts, and not cold stone, Must mark thy grave, or thou shalt lie, unknown. Marbles keep not themselves; how then, keep thee?
The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths or I mistake mankind.