Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard M. Nixon

If you are ever going to lie, you go to jail for the lie rather than the crime. So believe me, don't ever lie.

Raymond E. Feist

Altruism accrues little benefit to those lying cold in the gutter.

Richard Schickel

The current moguls understand that true media power lies not in firing up our outrage, as Hearst did, but in befuddling it or tranquilizing it with new toys. The idea is to render us passive so that they can exercise their power to sell us a bunch of stuff we mostly don't need and mostly don't want.

Richard Russo

To expect reason is where the fallacy lies.

Richard Flanagan

Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.

Richard Flanagan

When forging money, I had always salved my conscience by concluding that I was merely extending the lie of commerce.

Richard Gere

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.

Rich Lowry

We believe in the power of 21st-century international norms. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes in the power of lies and brute force, and implicitly asks, in the spirit of Josef Stalin, 'How many divisions do international norms have?'

Robert Byrd

America’s true power lies not in its will to dominate but in its ability to inspire.

Rob Andrew

I can categorically say I will not be putting my hat in the ring. It's not something I have ever coveted and it's not a position I am interested in taking up at this point in time. I am loyal to Newcastle and they have been fabulous to me. I feel that is where my responsibility lies.

Riz Ahmed

First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist in 'True Lies.' Then you have stuff that takes place on culturally specific terrain, that engages with it, but actually subverts assumptions. 'Smashes' stereotypes. That's where I've come into the game.

River Phoenix

I sometimes lie, especially about personal things, because what does it matter? I am a kind of minute commodity. My name is no longer my own. I try to lie as much as I can when I’m interviewed. It’s reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they’ll print the truth.

Richard Price

You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies

Richard Pryor

Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?

Richard Kelly

...visual truth lies in the structure of light.

Tucker Max

I think 20th century media were about tricking people - and the beauty of the Internet is you can't lie anymore.

Tullian Tchividjian

The biggest lie about grace that Satan wants the church to buy is the idea that it’s dangerous and therefore needs to be kept in check.

Tupac Shakur

It's kinda hard to be optimistic, When your homies lying dead on the pavement twisted.

Tupac Shakur

I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS SOCIETY! First they try to murder me then they lie to me!

Tupac Shakur

One day I'm gonna bust, blow up on this society, why did you lie to me, I couldn't find a trace of humanity.

Tupac Shakur

And everyday I read the paper, there's another lie. They show my picture for the crimes of another guy.

Tupac Shakur

Real eyes, realize, real lies..

Saul Bellow

There are times when the most practical thing is to lie down.

Sarah Dessen

I don't think anyone would think that an ellipsis represents doubt or anything. I think it's more, you know, hinting at the future. What lies ahead.

Sarah Dessen

And guys don't get attached, guys don't give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That's why they should be handled with great trepidation, not trusted, and held at arm's length whenever possible.

Sarah Dessen

Then what are you like, Annabel?" he shot back. "A liar, like you told me that first day? Come on. That was the biggest lie of all.

Sarah Dessen

I don't lie." "You don't lie," I repeated. "That's what I said." "Ever." "Nope." Sure you don't, I thought.

Sandra Bullock

I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well.

Sandra Cisneros

I don't want to blame anybody, but I just want to tell you that the process of writing is antisocial, so on the days that you have something really important to write, go from lying down directly to your notepad or your computer. Do not talk.

I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I.

I always wanted to be the last guy on Earth, just to see if all those women were lying to me.

Roger Scruton

Conservatism is itself a modernism, and in this lies the secret of its success.

Roger Moore

Of course I do my own stunts. And I also do my own lying.