Quotes about lying
lying water faces
The worst possible thing ... was to lie dead in the water with any problem. Solve it, solve it quickly ... If you solved it wrong, it would come back and slap you in the face, and then you could solve it right. Thomas Watson, Jr.
lying garden may
If a garden require it, now trench it ye may, one trench not a yard, from another go lay; Which being well filled with muck by and by, to cover with mould, for a season to lie.
lying math discovery
Logic leaves us no choice. In that sense, math always involves both invention and discovery: we invent the concepts but discover their consequences. … in mathematics our freedom lies in the questions we ask – and in how we pursue them – but not in the answers awaiting us. Steven Strogatz
lying answers mathematics
In mathematics, our freedom lies in the questions we ask — and in how we pursue them — but not in the answers awaiting us. Steven Strogatz
lying recovery alcoholism
Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering. Steven Soderbergh
lying men gold
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.
lying errors reverse
All extremes are error. The reverse of error is not truth, but error still. Truth lies between extremes.
lying valleys may
The hill pines were sighing, O'ercast and chill was the day; A mist in the valley lying Blotted the pleasant May. Robert Bridges
lying balance administration
Our stability is but balance, and conduct lies In masterful administration of the unforseen. Robert Bridges
lying magic accepted
Poetry's magic lies in the imagery which satifies even without interpretation..it is accepted as easily as it was created. Robert Bridges
lying fall men
When men were all asleep the snow came flying, In large white flakes falling on the city brown, Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying, Hushing the latest traffic of the drowsy town. Robert Bridges
lying home cheater
Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right home with you. If you cheat in Vegas, you walk home as a cheater. You lie awake at a night a cheater. You cannot escape it. Tom Shadyac
lying trying bathroom
Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try. Tom Holt
lying mean giving
Being lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part of the creative process. It is meaningless bustle that actually gets in the way of productivity. All we are really saying is, give peace a chance. Tom Hodgkinson
lying care definitions
The seeds of destruction lie in the definition of "chosen-ness" and can easily blossom into bigotry. It's not inevitable but it needs constant care to avoid. Toni Morrison
lying night breathing
...a habit that had become one of those necessary things for the night... surely a body-friendly if not familiar-lying next to you. Someone whose touch is a reassurance, not an affront or a nuissance. Whose heavy breathing neither enrages nor discusts you, but amuses you like that of a cherished pet. Toni Morrison
lying vitality language
The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers. Toni Morrison
lying miracle magic
No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all along. Toni Morrison
lying marijuana police
We see the corrupt prison system, we see the corrupt police system, we see the corruption in the government, from the top on down. You know, it's built based on lies. However, the marijuana industry itself, because it was an underground industry, showed us the way we could exist on this planet. Tommy Chong
lying usa justice
Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies. Tommy Chong
lying europe people
I told somebody in Europe I was 43. I never tell my true age. It's ridiculous that people ask. The press doesn't deserve anything but lies. Tom Verlaine
lying writing rocks
I write a lot of more instrumental music than I do vocal music. It's because I come out of a background of playing piano and then playing sax for a number of years. I kind of got into rock backwards. A lot of guys go into rock and then get sick of it and then go into something else. I came the other way, so I've always just had a lot more stuff lying around. Tom Verlaine
lying careers way
Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot of different masks, and showboat ways of performing. Now, that's a lie. The less I have to hide, the less I have to act. Thomas Jane
lying lists rounds
The list is an absolute good. The list is life. All round its cramped margins lies the gulf. Thomas Keneally
lying people events
The modern world lies under a pervasive sense of anguish, of being abandoned, or at least experiencing God as absent. Yet events that seem to turn our lives upside down and inside out are part of God's redemptive plan, not only for us, but for the world in which we live. God may be preparing a great awakening for the world, if God can find enough people to cooperate in this mysterious plan. Thomas Keating
lying heart secret
Secret sins commonly lie nearest the heart. Thomas Brooks
lying littles minutes
I don't tend to lie. If I do, it's a little one. Like, 'I'm only around the corner...' when really I'm 10 minutes away. Rebecca Ferguson
lying war deceit
It's time to bury the war hatchet and to forget where it lies Viktor Yushchenko
lying mean thinking
In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke. Ville Valo
lying thinking omission
I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral. Viggo Mortensen
lying tired motherhood
I have a lot on my plate. I'm not going to lie about it, I'm tired. I'm really tired but I'm also very happy with my life. Victoria Beckham
lying thinking clothes
When I'm lying in bed I think about the next collection. That makes me sound insane, doesn't it? That I'm getting into bed with David Beckham and thinking about clothes. Victoria Beckham
lying littles deceit
To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie. Victor Hugo