Quotes about lying
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.
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.
lying people bags
People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.
lying philosophical writing
In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied the mind of the author, should lie in abeyance. Thomas Sydenham
lying feelings perception
A visit to New Hampshire supplies the most resources to a traveler, and confers the most benefit on the mind and taste, when it lifts him above mere appetite for wildness, ruggedness, and the feeling of mass and precipitous elevation, into a perception and love of the refined grandeur, the chaste sublimity, the airy majesty overlaid with tender and polished bloom, in which the landscape splendor of a noble mountain lies. Thomas Starr King
lying thinking people
Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power. Thomas Sowell
lying people complaining
People who refuse to accept unpleasant truths have no right to complain about politicians who lie to them. What other kind of candidates would such people elect?
lying race play
We know - or should know - what lies at the end of the road of racial polarization. A 'race card' is not something to play, because race is a very dangerous political plaything.
lying skills political
One of the most important skills for political success is the ability to make confident assertions of absurdities or lies.
lying heart political
At the heart of every major political upheaval lies a fiscal revolution. Thomas Piketty
lying book character
You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when they do talk, what they say is mostly lies. That can make for a pretty confusing film. Thomas Perry
lying meaning-of-life emotion
Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of our lives...Deus ex machina is an insult because it is a lie. Robert McKee
lying believe medicine
If my efforts have led to greater success than usual, this is due, I believe, to the fact that during my wanderings in the field of medicine, I have strayed onto paths where the gold was still lying by the wayside. It takes a little luck to be able to distinguish gold from dross, but that is all. Robert Koch
lying creativity innovation
Here lies one of the world's rare generalized TINAs. There Is No Alternative to creativity and innovation: these days, obscurantism and conservatism will do for you every time. Robert Heller
lying sometimes telling-the-truth
Sometimes you have to lie to tell the truth. Robert J. Flaherty
lying spirit sometimes
Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit.
lying hands quality
In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit. Robert Kennedy
lying men hands
But history will judge you, and as the years pass, you will ultimately judge yourself, in the extent to which you have used your gifts and talents to lighten and enrich the lives of your fellow men. In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfillment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
lying presidential telling-the-truth
He tells so many lies that he convinces himself after a while that he's telling the truth. He just doesn't recognize truth or falsehood.
lying presence-of-mind self
True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought. Robert Greene
lying successful men
The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive. Robert Baden-Powell
lying reality tunnels
We're all looking from the point of view of our own reality tunnels. And when we begin to realize that we're all looking from the point of view of our own reality tunnels, we find that it is much easier to understand where other people are coming from. All the ones who don't have the same reality tunnel as us do not seem ignorant, or deliberately perverse, or lying, or hypnotized by some mad ideology, they just have a different reality tunnel. And every reality tunnel might tell us something interesting about our world, if we're willing to listen. Robert Anton Wilson
lying kids keys
Learning to drive is a scary thing for a parent. I had to basically lie to get the keys when I was a kid. Rob Mariano
lying jeans size
I am wearing a size 28 Paige Jeans. Jeans don't lie, and I am just happy! Ricki Lake
lying eye heart
She'd play around and tease me with her carefree devil eyes. She'd hold me close and kiss me, but her heart was full of lies. Ricky Nelson
lying presidential ifs
You don't know how to lie. If you can't lie, you'll never go anywhere. Richard M. Nixon
lying said untrue
I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.