Quotes about lying
lying deceit exquisite
His lies were so exquisite I almost wept. Dave Eggers
lying heart simple
There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn't be reiterated.
lying book mean
I don't mean to beat a made-in-America drum, but I would be lying if I said it doesn't feel somehow right to be printing books in the U.S.
lying half half-truth
Half-truths can be as deceptive as outright lies. David Limbaugh
lying people phrases
What a strange phrase — –not seeing other people. As if it’s been constructed to be a lie. We see other people all the time. The question is what we do about it. David Levithan
lying long needs
As long as we can conjure, who needs anything else? As long as we can agree on the magical lie and be happy, what more is there to ask for? “I loved you from that moment on,” I say. “I loved you from that moment on,” you agree.
lying knows
You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.
lying hate cutting
I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme. I hate it, I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. I hate it when you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call. But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.
lying faces telling-the-truth
It is much harder to lie to someone's face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face.
lying love-you missing
I want to take back the secrets I told you so I can decide now whether to tell them to you again. I want to take back the piece of me that lies in you, to see if I truly miss it. I want to take back at least half the “I love you”s, because it feels safer that way.
lying sometimes placid
placid, adj. Sometimes I love it when we just lie on our backs, gaze off, stay still.
lying white people
Blacks' problems lie not in the heads of white people but rather in the wasted and incompletely fulfilled lives of too many black people. Dinesh D'Souza
lying years white
Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another. Dick Gregory
lying benefits deals
I'd rather deal with the consequences of the truth rather than the benefits of a lie. Devin Kelley
lying eye two
Within infinite myths lies the Eternal Truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes Indra, a hundred And I, only two Devdutt Pattanaik
lying justice evil
Making the truth public is a form of justice. This is a moral universe and you've got to take account of the fact that truth and lies and goodness and evil are things that matter. Desmond Tutu
lying mean people
This is a moral universe, which means that despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no way that evil and injustice and oppression and lies can have the last word. . . that is what has upheld the morale of our people, to know that in the end good will prevail.
lying father voice
My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.
lying truth-is
Truth is the lie you once told returning to haunt you Dermot Healy
lying thinking people
Graduation is a big deal-bigger than getting a hole-in-one while golfing. People might think you're lying about the hole-in-one, but when you graduate, you get a diploma. Anderson Cooper
lying simple diversity
The best hope for peace in the world lies in the simple but far-reaching recognition that we all have many different associations and affiliations, and we need not see ourselves as being rigidly divided by a single categorization of hardened groups, which confront each other. Amartya Sen
lying men fire
They say that age kills the fire inside of a man, that he hears Death coming, he opens the door and says, "Come in, give me rest!" That is a pack of goddam lies. Anthony Quinn
lying goal effort
To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success. Anna Pavlova
lying accomplishment words-of-wisdom
To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.
lying exercise class
We take our vitamins, we go to exercise class, we put on our seat belts. And then something blindsides us and gives the lie to our carefully constructed facade of safety. Anna Quindlen
lying men half
The misdeeds of ordinary men can be buried with them, and their lives described in half-truths that are really half-lies. But not a public man. Particularly not this one.
lying son long
No one can sustain rage for long. I am still angry and always will be. My dear son was stolen from me and his family to never return. He was killed for profit and lies. How can I not be angry? Sometimes though, the rage comes back. Cindy Sheehan
lying stupid son
Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. Am I angry? Yes, he was killed for lies and for a PNAC [Project for the New American Century] Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel. My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel. Am I stupid? No, I know full well that my son, my family, this nation, and this world were betrayed by George [W.] Bush who was influenced by the neo-con PNAC agenda after 9/11.
lying war deceit
It's obvious that things aren't going well over there. This is a war based on lies.
lying moving use
What is the use of theorizing as to wherein lies the charm that moves us? Alfred de Vigny
lying democracy citizens
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens. Andrew Johnson
lying passion men
For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds. Amy Tan
lying thinking worry
If I look upon my whole life, I cannot think of another time when I felt more comfortable: when I had no worries, fears, or desires, when my life seemed as soft and lovely as lying inside a cocoon of rose silk.