Lying Quotes

Martha Stewart was convicted of four counts of lying and obstruction of justice and could serve up to 20 years in Congress.

At night, lying on your back and staring at the falling snow, it's easy to imagine oneself soaring through the stars.

She really does like him, she likes lying next to him, she wants to be around him; when you get down to it, can you say that about many people?

In the compact between novelist and reader, the novelist promises to lie, and the reader promises to allow it.

When I was five, all I wanted to be was a superstar. Not even lying to you. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I wanted to be famous.

It is not a lie to keep the truth to oneself.

Humanity is less, far less than the individual, because the individual may sometimes be capable of truth, and humanity is a tree of lies.

Truth does not lie beyond humanity, but is one of the products of the human mind and feeling.

Humanity's collective mission in the cosmos lies in the practice of compassion.

Love and compassion ... are the ultimate source of human happiness, and the need for them lies at the very core of our being.

In the modern world, the interests of a particular community can no longer be considered to lie within the confines of its own boundaries.

The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.

I lie when I drink and I drink a lot.

The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.

My gravestone will say,'Here Lies Damon Lindelof - Or Does He?

To be human is to be aware of the passage of time; no concept lies closer to the core of our consciousness.

You ask me if I love you and I choke on my reply. I'd rather hurt you honestly than mislead you with a lie.

If you can't know the truth, said Isolde, live the most awesome lie you can think off.

You can easily tell if a person is lying and cheating on you if they say, I love you. I would never lie to you or cheat on you.

If you lie to a person at least tell someone else you've lied to the truth. It balances out your karma.

The addict will screw you over and lie to you and do all kinds of things.

The world lies right beyond the handlebars of any bicycle.

Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we want a Pope in our Philosophy, to be the infallible Judge of what is or is not Reason.

Across the sea of space lies an infinite emptiness. I can feel it, suffocating me. It is without meaning. But each life creates its own reality.

Sometimes when someone tells a ridiculous lie, it is best to ignore it entirely.

Writers, all the good ones, are Natural Born Liars.

The true greatness of a nation lies in its character, not in its economic or military power.

I agree with the sentiment that it's probably more dangerous to believe some things that aren't so than to not believe something - you know, to believe in a lie.

Lies are like sleeping pills. You should only use them when you absolutely have to. They spoil everything if you make a habit of them.

I was fighting it left all day, just enough to get myself in difficult positions to get up and down. The par 5s have been good to be all week, and the three places I missed, I didn't get good lies.

Sometimes you're lying to protect people in a way.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to do a big radio country album.

A combination of acting, lying, begging, and cheating.

Would you like to play With the thought of a friend In a distant passing stage While you lie around With your hands up and out So resigned you will fall down.

Lying under this spell you cast on me Each moment The more I love you.

I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune.

The best writing advice I ever got was "Keep moving forward, don't retreat into rewrites." The worst came from a book that said "Writing fiction is like telling lies," which just seems stupid to me.

I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.

While the prosecution has said this is about the defendants lies, one worries that those lies already have been buried under too much discussion of technical issues. The jury may be lost already.

Elvis is English, and climbs the hills. Can't tell the bullshit from the lies.

I would imagine that the more time you spend talking to another person, the more you're going to lie to them. So if you spend a lot of time with your relations, you're probably lying a lot to them.

To you, Fell. Can't you feel it? Inside you, as it lies inside all the Lera. Know thyself, wolf.

Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about it. It still makes me warm.

So which is the lie? Hard or soft? Silence or time?

Everybody in politics lies.

I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks.

Officers are taught to use all the tricks and lies that courts permit within the scope of the Fifth Amendment's shield against self-incrimination.

I think we all feel lucky, or at least I feel lucky, to get to be in their [Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg] movies, and I'm not going to lie, I've nudged them.

The candidates at the Republican debate looked like a town council that was outlawing dancing. They looked like a board of directors that was lying about poisoning a river.

It is much harder to lie to someone's face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face.