Quotes about lying
lying poverty etc
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. Mason Cooley
lying promise sufficient
Lies and promises are necessary but not sufficient.
lying vanity healthy
Healthy vanity sweeps through life. Sickly vanity lies in bed.
lying
Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.
lying eye looks
When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.
lying reason no-reason
An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie.
lying literature path
Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.
lying may return
Lies save trouble now, but may return in thunder and lightning.
lying writing never-lie
Never lie in writing.
lying simple
Keep your lies short and simple.
lying
The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.
lying appearance behinds
What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.
lying deceit consciousness
Fears and lies intensify consciousness.
lying passion light
The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it. Mary Astell
lying heart firsts
But the first lie in the series is the one you make with the greatest trepidation and the heaviest heart. Michael Chabon
lying people
Writers, unlike most people, tell their best lies when they are alone.
lying men style
In the immemorial style of young men under pressure, they decided to lie down for a while and waste time.
lying simple compassion
Intolerance lies at the core of evil. Not the intolerance that results from any threat or danger. But intolerance of another being who dares to exist. Intolerance without cause. It is so deep within us, because every human being secretly desires the entire universe to himself. Our only way out is to learn compassion without cause. To care for each other simple because that 'other' exists. Menachem Mendel Schneerson
lying journey men
The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult. Mencius
lying warrior hands
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
lying cinema possibility
The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying. Michelangelo Antonioni
lying moving hoaxes
The biggest industry hoax is that the United States can't move to renewable energy now. It's a lie. Mark Ruffalo
lying destiny want
If you really want to know where your destiny lies, look at where you apply your time. Mark Cuban
lying heart focus
I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That's where my heart lies. Mark Burnett
lying worldview multiple
Some will tell you that there are multiple worldviews. The Bible says we have only 2: the Truth and the Lie. Mark Driscoll
lying ocean wrecks
Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
lying littles terrible
The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.
lying cat exercise
In fiction, I exercise my nosiness. I am as curious as my cats, and indeed that has led to trouble often enough and used up several of my nine lives. I am an avid listener. I am fascinated by other people's lives, the choices they make and how that works out through time, what they have done and left undone, what they tell me and what they keep secret and silent, what they lie about and what they confess, what they are proud of and what shames them, what they hope for and what they fear. The source of my fiction is the desire to understand people and their choices through time. Marge Piercy
lying people choices
Listening is terribly important if you want to understand anything about people. You listen to what they say and how they say it, what they share and what they are reticent about, what they tell truthfully and what they lie about, what they hope for and what they fear, what they are proud of, what they are ashamed of. If you don't pay attention to other people, how can you understand their choices through time and how their stories come out?
lying hate believe
Those that are goofy enough to believe the outrageous lies and hate spewed about me in the mind-numb media are inconsequential and pathetic. Those that know me are certain of my goodness and connect with me deeply. Ted Nugent
lying light doors
I endeavor to shine a light on what's happening behind closed doors in the back-door deal making that so many Americans understand is going on but they don't quite understand how or why, but they know that our elected leaders are lying to us. Ted Cruz
lying thinking america
The National Enquirer is complete garbage, it is total lies, it was planted by Donald Trump's henchmen, and I don't think the people of Wisconsin or the people of America have any interest in tabloid trash.
lying cat evening
[A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society... Theophile Gautier