Quotes about lying
lying positivity thinking
The nature of evil, the nature of it, it exists. It exists and I think within us we have the tools. If we have the will, we can combat it. I think the power is within us and it lies in our own conceptualization of God and positivity and compassion and love. Vera Farmiga
lying hero choices
When faced with the choice to Love or Decieve, therein lies the path to the Heroes and Thieves. Vanessa Carlton
lying government two
Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks, TV channels and corporations to join, like fleas on a behemoth, the government? Wherein lies the difference between the two worlds? Upamanyu Chatterjee
lying want looks
If we want to know where the truth lies in particular cases, we have to look. Richard Dawkins
lying rainbow world
If there is something that appears to lie beyond the natural world as it is now imperfectly understood, we hope to eventually understand it and embrace it within the natural. As ever when we unweave a rainbow, it will not become less wonderful. Richard Dawkins
lying views opposites
...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong. Richard Dawkins
lying men winning
To laugh, to lie, to flatter, to face: Four ways in court to win man's grace. Roger Ascham
lying mean interesting
Phrase it in an interesting way; don't phrase it in a mean or unfriendly way. Bob Dole said that if there's anything he would have done differently, he would have said [to George Bush] "Start telling the truth about my record" instead of "Stop lying about my record." Frankly, had he done that, life might be different for Bob Dole today. Roger Ailes
lying cities feet
Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains. Robinson Jeffers
lying noble sometimes
Sometimes it’s more noble to tell a small lie than to deliver a painful truth. Robin Williams
lying moral lying-down
My moral standing is lying down. Trent Reznor
lying people way
I used to be a major people pleaser, but that way purgatory lies. Tracie Bennett
lying talking mouths
He doesn’t scowl, but his mouth is so tense that I know he’s angry with me. 'Don’t be an idiot,' he says. 'An idiot?' Is he talking about the blanket? 'You were lying. Veronica Roth
lying commitment
Lies require commitment. Veronica Roth
lying dies
I live to die; better that than to live a lie. Vince Staples
lying sun stills
I'm not too good at lying still in the sun. Vince McMahon
lying writing mad
Radio is better than writing because they can't lie. Cause sometimes writers be straight lying, bro, and these headlines be making me mad. Vince Staples
lying book writing
You write your books. You scatter your seeds. Rats might eat them, or they might rot. In California, some seeds lie dormant for decades because they only germinate after fire, and sometimes the burned landscape blooms most lavishly. Rebecca Solnit
lying destiny excuse
Beneath the excuse lies your destiny. Robert G. Allen
lying world truth-is
In a world of cruelty, sympathy is a crime, and in a world of lies, truth is blasphemy. Robert Green Ingersoll
lying hypocrite dust
Had he been willing to live a hypocrite, he would have been respectable, he at least could have died surrounded by other hypocrites, and at his death there would have been an imposing funeral, with miles of carriages, filled with hypocrites, and above his hypocritical dust there would have been a hypocritical monument covered with lies. Robert Green Ingersoll
lying hate creator-god
Nothing could add to the horror of hell, except the presence of its creator, God. While I have life, as long as I draw breath, I shall deny with all my strength, and hate with every drop of my blood, this infinite lie. Robert Green Ingersoll
lying miracle facts
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie. Robert Green Ingersoll
lying eye garden
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye. Rudyard Kipling
lying boys desire
A boy of to-day is affected by every change of tone and gust of opinion, so that he lies even when he desires to speak the truth. Rudyard Kipling
lying two earth
When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has died, We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it lie down for an aeon or two, Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew! Rudyard Kipling
lying heart witness
The heart of their [Walsingham Witnesses] religion seemed to lie in disproving the religion of others. Rosemary Mahoney
lying motive ill
In the motive lies the good or ill. Samuel Johnson
lying men wish
A man had rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be told. Samuel Johnson
lying book library
Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and libraries, unknown and unexamined, unless some lucky compiler opens them by chance, and finds an easy spoil of wit and learning. Samuel Johnson
lying please-me deceit
What signifies protesting so against flattery when a person speaks well of one, it must either be true or false, you know if true, let us rejoice in his good opinion if he lies, it is a proof at least that he loves more to please me, than to sit s Samuel Johnson
lying deceit talent
Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie and deceive. Samuel Johnson
lying party mind
Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the Universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Samuel Johnson