Quotes about lying
lying confession myth
Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion. Roland Barthes
lying home son
When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home, I burst into tears. It wasn't the emotion of the moment: it was shock and horror. Susan Orlean
lying men might
If I told you, you might be forced to lie about it. Not that you aren't really good at it, but why put an old man in that position? Susan Elizabeth Phillips
lying inspiration persistence
Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other ninety-nine percent. Susan Cain
lying book fusion
If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street. Studs Terkel
lying hands our-world
Our world is very dishonest, and our leaders encourage dishonesty by setting bad examples - by lying, being corrupt, and using political sleight of hand to sustain power. Stuart Wilde
lying use advertising
In my firm, we dealt in lies. Advertising is that ... the skilful use of the truth to mislead, to spoil, to debase. Storm Jameson
lying littles truth-is
... the truth is exactly that which can't be got into words. We are forced to lie, a little or, if we are inferior, much.
lying men poison
Truth is the only good and the purest pity. ... Men lie for profit or for pity. All lies turn to poison, but a lie that is told for pity or shame breeds such a host of ills that no power on earth can compass their redemption.
lying optimistic phrases
A politician is forced to make a habit of noble phrases and optimistic lies. In the end they infect himself.
lying thinking mind
I do not think about absent persons as often or with such intense longing as I think of places. They lie one below the other in my mind ...
lying writing people
all writers who can claim to be called 'living' must be political in a sense. They must have what the Quakers call a concern to understand what is happening in the world, and must engage themselves, in their writing, to promote no comfortable lies, of the sort which people will pay well to be told rather than the truth ...
lying government justice
It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality. Stewart Udall
lying may bed
If I lie down on my bed I must be here, But if I lie down in my grave I may be elsewhere. Stevie Smith
lying believe white
If a lady comes up to you and tells you that your dear mama is lying in a faint on the pavement round the corner, don't you believe her, don't have anything to do with her, do not go with her into the cab. It is the White Slave Traffic.
lying poet
Poets tell many lies. Solon
lying half truth-is
A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality.
lying past atrocities
scientific whaling, and other lies will be exposed and become atrocities of the past. Steve Irwin
lying animal land
Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate.
lying people answers
Clearly Democrats are not united in what is the critique of what we're doing there and what is the answer to what we do next. The difficulty of coming to a unified position is that for a lot of people who voted for it, they have to decide whether they can admit that they were misled. Steve Elmendorf
lying murder-victims ideas
The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be not only a lie, but criminally negligent. You lie to victims' families when you tell them they're going to receive closure if they participate in the process and witness the execution of a human being. Steve Earle
lying moving eye
You drive the landscape like a herd of clouds Moving against your horizontal tower Of steadfast speed. All England lies beneath you like a woman With limbs ravished By one glance carrying all these eyes. Stephen Spender
lying important tiny
Everyone tells tiny lies, what's important really is the size. Stephen Sondheim
lying promise moments
The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you. Molly Ringwald
lying opportunity waiting
Opportunities are made, they do not just lie around waiting for someone to grab them. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
lying military public-opinion
They are lying every day. They are lying always, and mainly they are lying to their public opinion Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
lying military baghdad
The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!
lying integrity heart
Lying is forbidden in Iraq. President Saddam Hussein will tolerate nothing but truthfulness as he is a man of great honour and integrity. Everyone is encouraged to speak freely of the truths evidenced in their eyes and hearts.
lying military coward
These cowards have no morals. They have no shame about lying.
lying military als
With respect to the situation in Al-Faw, the British told big lies. In Al-Faw, our forces' positions remained in place.
lying mad reason
I'm not mad at anybody. I'm not being forced out. It is what it is. I have no reason to lie. Mike Hargrove
lying tinder tomorrow
It is worse than folly... not to recognize the truth, for in it lies the tinder for tomorrow. Pearl S. Buck
lying book writing
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.