Quotes about lying
lying evil people
Only lies and evil come from letting people off. Iris Murdoch
lying people easy
One should go easy on smashing other people's lies. Better to concentrate on one's own. Iris Murdoch
lying people feelings
Yes, of course, there's something fishy about describing people's feelings. You try hard to be accurate, but as soon as you start to define such and such a feeling, language lets you down. It's really a machine for making falsehoods. When we really speak the truth, words are insufficient. Almost everything except things like "pass the gravy" is a lie of a sort. And that being the case, I shall shut up. Oh, and... pass the gravy. Iris Murdoch
lying numbers judging
If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power. Imre Lakatos
lying faces saws
If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying. Ichiro Suzuki
lying slavery emancipation
Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie. I. F. Stone
lying two government-lies
If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie. I. F. Stone
lying healthy vengeance
...but the tale itself is a trickster and doesn't hesitate to lie. It is anachronistic with a vengeance. It emerges always and everywhere, overt or disguised, pureblood or hybrid, and healthy as sin. Gregory Maguire
lying struggle winning
Cross a man and you struggle, one of you wins, you adjust and go on - or you lie there dead. Cross a woman and the universe is changed, once again, for cold anger requires an eternal vigilance in all matters of slight and offense Gregory Maguire
lying long looks
This is what forty looks like. We've been lying so long, who would know? Gloria Steinem
lying two people
If you have two groups of people and you say one is inferior to the other, which is a lie, then the only way to maintain the lie is through violence or the threat of violence. Gloria Steinem
lying differences evil
Everything that makes diversity of kinds, of species, differences, properties... everything that consists in generation, decay, alteration and change is not an entity, but a condition and circumstance of entity and being, which is one, infinite, immobile, subject, matter, life , death , truth , lies , good and evil . Giordano Bruno
lying media down-and
The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down Geraldo Rivera
lying thinking answers
If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth. Harry S Truman
lying done
Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damndest. Harry S Truman
lying two desire
Can desire grow out of admiration, or are the two quite distinct species? What would it be like to lie side by side, naked, breast to breast, with a woman one principally admires? J. M. Coetzee
lying angel made-up-stories
No, Paul, I couldn't care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.' (Said to Paul by Elizabeth Costello, the interloping novelist-angel-inner voice). J. M. Coetzee
lying
Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths J. M. Coetzee
lying thinking waiting
That wand’s more trouble than it’s worth,” said Harry. “And quite honestly,” he turned away from the painted portraits, thinking now only of the four-poster bed lying waiting for him in Gryffindor Tower, and wondering whether Kreacher might bring him a sandwich there, “I’ve had enough trouble for a lifetime. J. K. Rowling
lying feet missing
Oh, don’t lie, Harry,” she said impatiently. “Ron and Ginny say you’ve been hiding from everyone since you got back from St. Mungo’s.” “They do, do they?” said Harry, glaring at Ron and Ginny. Ron looked down at his feet but Ginny seemed quite unabashed. “Well, you have!” she said. “And you won’t look at any of us!” “It’s you lot who won’t look at me!” said Harry angrily. “Maybe you’re taking it in turns to look and keep missing each other,” suggested Hermione, the corners of her mouth twitching. J. K. Rowling
lying evil littles
You foul, lying, evil little cockroach! J. K. Rowling
lying dark easy
Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right. -Albus Dumbledore J. K. Rowling
lying kissing thinking
First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, The middle of middle and the end of end? And finally give me the sound often heard During the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together, and answer me this, Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss? J. K. Rowling
lying knowing acquisition
Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life. J. K. Rowling
lying differences deceit
Only the difference between truth and lies, courage and cowardice. J. K. Rowling
lying dobby deathly-hallows
Here lies Dobby, a free elf. J. K. Rowling
lying mind battle
The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms? Harry's mind was in freefall, spinning out of control, unable to grasp the impossiblity, because Fred Weasley could not be dead, the evidence of all his senses must be lying - J. K. Rowling
lying office secret
Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive. J. K. Rowling
lying slow-down
Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead. J. K. Rowling
lying responsibility hands
If responsibility is not in the hands of the Iraqi government, then I consider the responsibility for this event lies with the occupation forces which should either leave immediately or according to a timetable. Muqtada al Sadr
lying people gold
When I was little, I would always lie about the stupidest things. In kindergarten or first grade, I would tell people I had tigers living in my attic and a room full of gold. Kendall Jenner
lying believe self
Were you somebody different a thousand years ago? Will you be somebody different a thousand years from now? What is this One Self that is forever your own deepest being? Must you believe the lies of time? Must you swallow the insanity that One Spirit does not exist? Can you show me your Original Face, of which there is One and Only One in all the entire World? Ken Wilber
lying self ego
For what we don't realize today is just what the typical self of every previous stage failed likewise to comprehend: this is not the highest and greatest mode of consciousness which can be attained - there lie ahead the realms of the superconscious and the pitiful ego, by comparison, is as a speck of nothingness. Ken Wilber