Quotes about lying
lying thinking deception
We tend to tell strangers what we think will make us sound good. I myself, to my utter amazement, informed a telephone pollster that I exercised regularly, a bare-faced lie. Katha Pollitt
lying reality should-have
She should have done science, not spent all her time with her head in novels. Novels gave you a completely false idea about life, they told lies and they implied there were endings when in reality there were no endings, everything just went on and on and on. Kate Atkinson
lying believe half
You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best. Kate Atkinson
lying world way
Really, according to the shrinks, I am angry at everyone ever. Especially them. I am all anger and resentment all the time. Not one of them has ever suggested that maybe I lie because the world is better the way I tell it. Justine Larbalestier
lying hate player
I can give you my personal opinion: love the music, hate the business. It's a screwball business, and there are a lot of players who will straight-up lie to you. Justin Timberlake
lying persons relaxed
I would like to say that I am a very relaxed, loving person who is not competitive, but that's a lie! Julie Bowen
lying simple teens
The truth of the matter is, beauty is a specific thing, rare and fleeting. Some of us have it in our teens, 20s and 30s and then lose it; most of us have it not at all. And that's perfectly okay. But lying to yourself that you have it when you don't seems to me simple-minded at best and psychotic at worst. Julie Burchill
lying heart technology
What lies at the heart of every living thing is not a fire, not warm breath, not a 'spark of life.' It is information, words, instructions... If you want to understand life, don't think about vibrant, throbbing gels and oozes, think about information technology. Richard Dawkins
lying doctors patient
Compassionate doctors sometimes lie to patients about the severity of their condition, and it is not always wrong to do so. Richard Dawkins
lying men faces
If a man confessed anything on his death bed, it was the truth; for no man could stare death in the face and lie. Richard Wright
lying way said
You're a Dhampir," I breathed. "So are you." he teased. "Yeah, but I just thought—" "That I was human? Because of the bite marks?" "Yeah." I admitted, No point in lying. "We all have to survive," he said "And dhamphirs are good at figuring ways out to. Richelle Mead
lying believe thinking
I don't think most people take honest well. They prefer the games. They want to believe the pretty lies. Richelle Mead
lying
Your truths are worse than your lies. Richelle Mead
lying long shadow
I eyed Dimitri, recalling a shadow in my periphery back in the ballroom. "You followed when I jumped in front of Lissa, didn't you? Who were you going for? Me or her?" He studied me for several long seconds. He could have lied. He could have given the easy answer by saying he'd intended to push both of us out of the way-if that was even possible, which I didn't recall. But Dimitri didn't lie. "I don't know, Roza. I don't know. Richelle Mead
lying moving lips
How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving. Richelle Mead
lying writing mean
Camera lies all the time. It’s all it does is lie, because when you choose this moment instead of this moment, when you… the moment you’ve made a choice, you’re lying about something larger. Lying is an ugly word. I don’t mean lying. But any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same. Richard Avedon
lying flames laughing
It is not a terrible thing to a wretched soul, when it shall lie roaring perpetually in the flames of hell, and the God of mercy himself shall laugh at them; when...God shall mock them instead of relieving them; when none in heaven or earth can help them but God, and he shall rejoice over them in their calamity Richard Baxter
lying texas clouds
I remember just lying in the grass, staring at the clouds, wondering where they drifted off to after they floated over Texas. Renee Zellweger
lying hate people
There was too much hatred in the world; it was manifestly as dangerous as gunpowder, yet people let it lie about, in the way of ignition. Rebecca West
lying reality space
Reality lies far beyond space and time, and I need to know why. Richard Bach
lying lies-we-tell-ourselves denial
The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. Richard Bach
lying men empowering
In tyranny lies only failure. Empower every man and you will gain strength. Russell Crowe
lying people drunk
It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick and powerless. It is difficult to suffer the selfishness of a drug addict who will lie to you and steal from you and forgive them and offer them help. Can there be any other disease that renders its victims so unappealing? Would Great Ormond Street be so attractive a cause if its beds were riddled with obnoxious little criminals that had “brought it on themselves? Russell Brand
lying kids ducks
I liked Bugs Bunny. He was pretty good. He's annoying as a duck and he's anti-proletarian. Daffy Duck I couldn't see what was going on with him. He seemed like he was angry about something. My favorite one though is Pinocchio. I liked that kid. He was made of wood. I liked that for a start. I also liked how he'd tell a lie and his nose would grow. I liked the morality of that. Russell Brand
lying people bags
People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth. Russell Brand
lying grandmother grandparent
Unfortunately I don't have my grandparents, but Mum and I are working quite well together. That's candid, that's frank. Your grandmother is never going to lie to you. Rose Leslie
lying people lasts
The last sin, the sin against the Holy Ghost - to lie to oneself. Lying to other people - that's a small thing in comparison. Rose Macaulay
lying joy selfishness
Adultery is a meanness and a stealing, a taking away from someone what should be theirs, a great selfishness, and surrounded and guarded by lies lest it should be found out. And out of meanness and selfishness and lying flow love and joy and peace beyond anything that can be imagined. Rose Macaulay
lying heart together
The hope of courage lies in every heart, together with the fear that we will fail. When the test came, you did not fail. Romeo LeBlanc
lying mad boredom
If I have to spend prolonged periods of time in a trailer, I go mad. Stuck in a metal box doing nothing, I lie there paralysed with boredom. Romola Garai
lying long steps
From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history. Umberto Eco
lying order discipline
Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie, conversely it cannot be used to tell the truth: it cannot in fact be used "to tell" at all. Umberto Eco
lying world produce
Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world. Umberto Eco